In computing, a database is an organized collection of data or a type of data store based on the use of a database management system (DBMS), the software...
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IMDb (redirect from The Internet Movie Database)
IMDb (an initialism for Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video...
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Database normalization is the process of structuring a relational database in accordance with a series of so-called normal forms in order to reduce data...
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Required skills for database administrators include knowledge of SQL, database queries, database theory, database design, specific databases, such as Oracle...
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A relational database (RDB) is a database based on the relational model of data, as proposed by E. F. Codd in 1970. A database management system used...
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The tz database is a collaborative compilation of information about the world's time zones and rules for observing daylight saving time, primarily intended...
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Oracle Database (commonly referred to as Oracle DBMS, Oracle Autonomous Database, or simply as Oracle) is a proprietary multi-model database management...
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An online database is a database accessible from a local network or the Internet, as opposed to one that is stored locally on an individual computer or...
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An object database or object-oriented database is a database management system in which information is represented in the form of objects as used in object-oriented...
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A graph database (GDB) is a database that uses graph structures for semantic queries with nodes, edges, and properties to represent and store data. A key...
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A bibliographic database is a database of bibliographic records. This is an organised online collection of references to published written works like journal...
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A database server is a server which uses a database application that provides database services to other computer programs or to computers, as defined...
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An in-memory database (IMDb, or main memory database system (MMDB) or memory resident database) is a database management system that primarily relies on...
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A database right is a sui generis property right, comparable to but distinct from copyright, that exists to recognise the investment that is made in compiling...
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Document-oriented databases are one of the main categories of NoSQL databases, and the popularity of the term "document-oriented database" has grown with...
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A database model is a type of data model that determines the logical structure of a database. It fundamentally determines in which manner data can be stored...
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The database schema is the structure of a database described in a formal language supported typically by a relational database management system (RDBMS)...
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A vector database, vector store or vector search engine is a database that can store vectors (fixed-length lists of numbers) along with other data items...
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to a calling system. XML databases are a flavor of document-oriented databases which are in turn a category of NoSQL database. There are a number of reasons...
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The MNIST database (Modified National Institute of Standards and Technology database) is a large database of handwritten digits that is commonly used...
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A flat-file database is a database stored in a file called a flat file. Records follow a uniform format, and there are no structures for indexing or recognizing...
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In a database, a table is a collection of related data organized in table format; consisting of columns and rows. In relational databases, and flat file...
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In a relational database, a row, a.k.a. record or tuple, represents a single, implicitly structured data item in a table. A database table can be thought...
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The Reptile Database is a scientific database that collects taxonomic information on all living reptile species (i.e. no fossil species such as dinosaurs)...
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A database index is a data structure that improves the speed of data retrieval operations on a database table at the cost of additional writes and storage...
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A spatial database is a general-purpose database (usually a relational database) that has been enhanced to include spatial data that represents objects...
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Database administration is the function of managing and maintaining database management systems (DBMS) software. Mainstream DBMS software such as Oracle...
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In a relational database, a column is a set of data values of a particular type, one value for each row of a table. A column may contain text values, numbers...
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A distributed database is a database in which data is stored across different physical locations. It may be stored in multiple computers located in the...
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A database transaction symbolizes a unit of work, performed within a database management system (or similar system) against a database, that is treated...
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