database transaction

noun

database transaction

noun

1

Computing, Databases, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A unit of interaction in a database management system.

Technically, a database transaction is sequence of operations that is treated as a single unit (an atomic unit). All of the operations in a transaction have to be completed before the database changes are made permanent.2007, Ian Sommerville, Software Engineering, Pearson Education, →ISBN, page 298:

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