Database applications

Database applications

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

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Component-based development

Software; Database applications

Development methodology in which preassembled building blocks of code are combined.

Fourth-generation language (4GL)

Software; Database applications

The fourth major step or generation in the evolution of programming languages. A 4GL is designed to be closer to natural language than a 3GL language. Languages for accessing databases are often ...

Multidimensional data

Software; Database applications

Data that is organised by two or more dimensions. Two-dimensional data is structured as an array with rows and columns. Three- or more-dimensional data is structured as a cube in which each ...

Composite

Software; Database applications

A list of dimension-value combinations in which a given combination has one value taken from each of the dimensions on which the composite is based, in order to store sparse data in a compact form.

Table

Software; Database applications

A relational database structure that comprises vertical columns (attributes) and horizontal rows (tuples) of data. See also column, primary key, and row.

Multidimensional database

Software; Database applications

A database management system where data can be viewed and manipulated in multiple dimensions to support specialised query techniques, such as drill-down. See also cube.