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Definitions of Relational database on the Web:

• A method of structuring data as collections of tables that are logically associated to each other by shared attributes. ...

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• A database which structures data in the form of tables. Each table contains information relevant to a particular feature, and is linked to other tables by a common value. For example, two attribute tables could be linked to a spatial data table via a Geocode, such as the postcode.

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• A database designed according to the relational model, which uses the discipline of Entity-Relationship modeling and the data design standards called normal forms.

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• A database where all information is arranged in tables containing predefined fields. Using structured query language, reports, and comparisons can ...

www.payorid.com/guide/glossary.asp

• A relational database is organised into tables, in which data is defined so that it can be reorganised and accessed in a number of different ways without having to reorganise the database tables.

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• a database that is made up of normalized tables. Many logical links between tables are declared, but links can be made that were not predetermined ...

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• A database structure composed of more than one flat file (2-dimensional arrays) that can be transformed to form new combinations because of relations between the data in the records, in contrast to hierarchical and network database structures.

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• Data is entered in only once and is shared across all components.

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• A method of structuring data in the form of records so that relations between different entities and attributes can be used for data access and transformation.

www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/naturalresources/components/DD6097hr.html

• RDBMS. A data store designed to store data in tables and columns with pre-defined relationships between tables. Primary and foreign keys define relationships.

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• a database that allows descriptive information to be entered in the same database as geographic information.

www.umass.edu/tei/ogia/parcelguide/Glossary.html

• A database that stores its information in two-dimensional tables (relations) that can be joined by using common data elements in one or more columns (attributes).

docs.rinet.ru/O8/glossary.htm

• A widely used database structure, in which data is organized into related tables. Each table is made up of rows called records and columns called fields. Each record contains fields of data about a specific item.

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• A repository for typically large amounts of information, structured in accordance with the relational model, in tables with columns. A relational database is created and administered by a relational database management system (RDBMS).

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• A database consisting of more than one table. In a multi-table database, you not only need to define the structure of each table, you also need to define the relationships between each table in order to link those tables correctly.

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• Relational databases are at the heart of the data warehouse. Data and relations between them are organized into tables—collections of records with each entry containing the same fields. ...

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• A Relational database is a tool which can help you store, manage and disseminate information of various kinds. ...

faculty.washington.edu/larsson/conf/aiha98/primer/glossary.htm

• Database organized and cross-referenced in rows and columns. Also, a software program that allows users to obtain information drawn from two or more databases that are made up of two-dimensional arrays of data. Not a hierarchical database. ...

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• A database in which data is arranged into tables by subject or object represented which are then related or joined by common fields. ...

www.drewslair.com/desk/access_series/glossary.htm

• A database with the capability to relate information in different data files using a common record (primary) key.

www.jqjacobs.net/edu/cis105/concepts/CIS105_concepts_13.html

• a database in which relations between information items are explicitly specified as accessible attributes; "in a relational database the data are ...

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• A relational database is a database that conforms to the relational model, and refers to a database's data and schema (the database's structure of how that data is arranged). ...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relational database

• a database consisting of separate tables, having explicitely defined relationships, and whose elements may be selectively combined as the results of queries

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