Database applications

Database applications

Software that facilitates communication between a human user and a database.

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Application service provider (ASP)

Software; Database applications

A company offering management and maintenance of hosted software applications over the Web, including the application and necessary hardware resources.

Reference table

Software; Database applications

A table holding textural data describing data resident in a dimension table.

In a relational database, the process of structuring the schema to enhance performance by introducing redundant data. Denormalization is frequently accomplished by eliminating joins. Contrast with ...

Archie

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A software tool for finding files stored on FTP sites.

Referential integrity

Software; Database applications

A condition that guarantees that the values in one column also exist in another column.

Argument

Software; Database applications

A keyword, constant, variable, literal value, expression, or object name that provides input to a command, function, method, or program. Synonymous with parameter.

Relation

Software; Database applications

A type of database object that establishes a correspondence between the values of a given dimension or the values of that dimension and other dimensions in the database. For example, in a relation ...