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Database applications

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

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Dimension data

Software; Database applications

The data by which the user queries the business measures. See also fact data, dimension table, and fact table.

Backbone

Software; Database applications

A high-speed line or series of connexions that forms a major pathway within a network.

Root

Software; Database applications

In a hierarchy of items, the one item from which all other items are descended.

Dimension hierarchy

Software; Database applications

A logical structure that uses ordered levels. Synonymous with hierarchy.

Bandwidth

Software; Database applications

In data communications, the measure of bit-transmission capacity expressed in bits per second (bps), thousands of bits per second (Kbps), millions of bits per second (Mbps), or billions of bits per ...

Rotate

Software; Database applications

To change the dimensional orientation of the data, including swapping and moving dimensions among the row, column, and page positions.

Dimension label

Software; Database applications

In a database table, a text description for a dimension. For example, a dimension named GEOGRAPHY might have the label Geographic Areas and display the label, rather than the name, in reports, ...

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