Boyce-Codd normal form
nounEtymology Developed in 1974 by Raymond F. Boyce and Edgar F. Codd.
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Computing, Databases, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A stage in the normalization of a relational database in which a database is in third normal form and all determinants are candidate keys.
- Synonyms
- BCNF
- Related terms
- first normal form, second normal form, fourth normal form, fifth normal form