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Database applications
Software that facilitates communication between a human user and a database.
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Materialised view
Software; Database applications
A complete facility for creating, maintaining, and using summary tables.
Column
Software; Database applications
A means of implementing an item of data within a table. See attribute, row, and table.
Structured query language (SQL)
Software; Database applications
The standardised relational database language for querying, manipulating, and updating information in a relational database.
Measure
Software; Database applications
Data within the core of a data warehouse on which all online analytical processing (OLAP) queries depend. See also fact data.
Subject area
Software; Database applications
A vertical portion of the business, such as Sales and Marketing, that is developed as an iteration of an enterprisewide data warehouse.
Common gateway interface (CGI)
Software; Database applications
A standard defining a set of rules by which a Web server passes a Web browser’s request to an application programme and receives back data for forwarding to the browser.
Summary data
Software; Database applications
Data that is aggregated and stored in a summary fact table and made available to the user for direct and easy access.
