WGU C170 Data Management - Applications

domain - In data modeling, the construct used to organize and describe an attribute's set of possible values superkey - An attribute or attributes that uniquely identify each entity in a table. Any composite key with this is also this. candidate key - A minimal superkey; that is, a key that does not contain a subset of attributes that is itself a superkey entity integrity - The property of a relational table that guarantees each entity has a unique value in a primary key and that the key has no null values referential integrity - A condition by which a dependent table's foreign key must have either a null entry or a matching entry in the related table data dictionary - A DBMS component that stores metadata. It contains the data definition & their characteristics and relationships; may also include data external to the DBMS system catalog - A detailed system data dictionary that describes all objects in a database homonym - The use of the same name to label different attributes, much like similar-sounding words with different meanings synonym - The use of different names to identify the same object, such as an entity, an attribute, or a relationship. These should generally be avoided. not null and unique - Any candidate key must have these two constraints enforced cardinality - Term for how many instances of one object are related to instances of another object (maximum)