Database applications

Database applications

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

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Replication

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A method employed as part of a backup and recovery strategy whereby copies of databases are maintained at multiple sites in a distributed system to improve availability and response times.

Derived fact (or measure)

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A fact (or measure) that is generated from existing data using a mathematical operation or a data transformation. Examples include averages, differences, percentages, and totals. See also fact data.

Atomic

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Value A data value that cannot be further decomposed.

Descendant

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A value at any level below a given value in a hierarchy.

Atomic data

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In a data warehouse, the data at its lowest level of detail that provides the base data for all data transformations.

Detail data

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Measurements in the core of a data warehouse on which all online analytical processing (OLAP) queries depend. Synonymous with fact data.

Any detail that serves to classify, identify, qualify, quantify, or express the state of an entity. For example, the product dimension for a clothing manufacturer might contain a level called item, ...