star schema

noun

star schema

noun

Etymology From the resemblance to a star shape with a fact table at its center.

1

Computing, Databases, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A denormalized database schema consisting of one or more fact tables referencing any number of dimension tables.

Data warehousing

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