A database technology using tables and the principles set forth by Dr. Edgar F. Codd. (Contrary to popular notion, "relation" in this context refers to tables, and not linkages.)
{s} pertaining to relations; constituting a relation; (Grammar) of, relating to; pertaining to a method of organizing database information into tables which can be linked together in various ways (Computers)
Describes the design of tables of data such that key fields within each table relate it to other tables
A database technology using tables and the principles set forth by Dr. Edgar F. Codd. (Contrary to popular notion, "relation" in this context refers to tables, and not linkages.)"
Describing tables or files linked to one another through a similarity relationship, which could be one-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-one, or many-to-many For example, Customer_ ID could be used to describe a customer and link to a sales item that the same customer bought
A database consisting of separate tables, having explicitly defined relationships, and whose elements may be selectively combined as the results of queries
(Bilgisayar) A data model in which the data is organized in relations (tables). This is the model implemented in most modern database management systems
A database system in which any database file can be a component of more than one of the database's tables. Database in which all data are represented in tabular form. The description of a particular entity is provided by the set of its attribute values, stored as one row or record of the table, called a tuple. Similar items from different records can appear in a table column. The relational approach supports queries that involve several tables by providing automatic links across tables. Payroll data, for example, can be stored in one table and personnel benefits data in another; complete information on an employee can be obtained by joining the tables on employee identification number. In more powerful relational data models, entries can be programs, text, unstructured data in the form of binary large objects (BLOBs), or any other format the user requires. The relational approach is currently the most popular model for database management system. See also object-oriented programming
a database in which relations between information items are explicitly specified as accessible attributes; "in a relational database the data are organized as a number of differently sized tables