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Database applications

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

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Checkpoint

Software; Database applications

A database server event that, at a point in time, writes all modified database buffers in the system global area to the data files.

Lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP)

Software; Database applications

An open standard client-server protocol for accessing online directory services over the TCP/IP network protocol and providing a way for internet clients, applications, and Web servers to access ...

Star model

Software; Database applications

A relational schema representing a multidimensional data model and consisting of one or more fact tables and one or more dimension tables that are related through foreign keys. See also schema.

Cleansing

Software; Database applications

The process of transforming the operational and external source data into a defined and standardised format using packaged software applications before moving the data into a data warehouse. Also ...

Class

Software; Database applications

In programming, a type that defines the implementation of a particular kind of object. In Java, the class definition defines instance and class variables and methods, as well as specifying the ...

Char

Software; Database applications

In programming, the keyword used to declare a variable of type character.

Software developers kit (SDK)

Software; Database applications

A programming package enabling application development for a specific platform and typically including APIs, programming tools, and documentation.

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