relational database

English

Etymology

From the use of relation to denote a set of ordered tuples, i.e. a table in the context of a relational database.

Noun

relational database (plural relational databases)

1. (databases) A database consisting of separate tables, having explicitly defined relationships, and whose elements may be selectively combined as the results of queries.

Related terms

• hierarchical database
• normalization
• SQL
• relational model
• relational attribute

Translations

relational database

• Bulgarian: релационна база данни f (relacionna baza danni)
• Catalan: base de dades relacional f
• Czech: relační databáze f
• Finnish: relaatiotietokanta
• French: base de données relationnelle (fr)
• German: relationale Datenbank f
• Hungarian: relációs adatbázis
• Polish: relacyjna baza danych f
• Romanian: bază de date relațională f
• Russian: реляционная база данных f (reljacionnaja baza dannyx)
• Serbo-Croatian: relacijska baza podataka f
• Slovak: relačná databáza f
• Spanish: base de datos relacional f
• Ukrainian: реляційна база даних f (reljacijna baza danyx)