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In the context of a relational database, a row, also called a record or tuple, represents a single, implicitly structured data item in a table. For example, in a table that represents companies, each row would represent a single company; in a table that represents the association of employees with departments, each row would associate one employee with one department. A relational database is a database based on the relational model. ... In mathematics, a tuple is a finite sequence of objects, that is, a list of a limited number of objects (an infinite sequence is a family). ... Jump to: navigation, search DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa) was established in 2002 by Bono (Paul Hewson) of the Rock band U2, and Bobby Shiver, along with activists from the Jubilee 2000 Drop the Debt Campaign, as an organisaton focused on Justice, not charity. ... In a relational database (RDB), a table is a set of data elements (cells) that is organized, defined and stored as horizontal rows (records) and vertical columns (fields) where each item can be uniquely identified by a label or key or by it’s position in relation to other items. ...


The implicit structure of a row, and the meaning of the data values in a row, requires that the row be understood as providing a succession of data values, one in each column of the table. The row is then interpreted as a relvar composed of a set of tuples, with each tuple consisting of the two items: the name of the relevant column and the value this row provides for that column. In the context of a relational database, a column of a table is a set of data values of a particular simple type, one for each row of the table. ... Jump to: navigation, search An abbreviation for relation variable in relational databases. ... In mathematics, a tuple is a finite sequence of objects, that is, a list of a limited number of objects (an infinite sequence is a family). ...


Each column expects a data value of a particular type. For example, one column might require a unique identifier, another might require text representing a person's name, another might require an integer representing hourly pay in cents. In computer science, a datatype (often simply type) is a name or label for a set of values and some operations which can be performed on that set of values. ... Identifiers (IDs) are lexical tokens that name entities. ... Look up centi- in Wiktionary, the free dictionary For the numerical prefix centi- see Wiktionary. ...


Simplified: A Database term which means a row of information, all coming from different fields A field is an open land area, used for growing agricultural crops. ...


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Database as a single word became common in Europe in the early 1970s and by the end of the decade it was being used in major American newspapers.
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