relational database
nounEtymology From the use of relation to denote a set of ordered tuples, i.e. a table in the context of a relational database.
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Computing, Databases, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A database consisting of separate tables, having explicitly defined relationships, and whose elements may be selectively combined as the results of queries.
- Related terms
- hierarchical database, normalization, SQL, relational model, relational attribute