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The rela onship (within the rela on) that describes how the value of one a ribute may be used
to find the value of another a ribute.
Func onal Dependency
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An a ribute that can be used to find the value of another a ribute in the rela on.
Determinant
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Value can be used to find the value of every other non-key a ribute in the table. Unique and
minimal.
Candidate Key
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Define & manage database structures
DDL
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Adding, dele ng, and modifying data - Manipulates data stored in a database.
DML
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Used to create user accounts, manage permissions and access.
DCL
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Includes CREATE, DROP, ALTER, TRUNCATE, RENAME
DDL
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,A view created and stored on the database. Underlying data is changed and also updated in this
view. Uses memory space.
Materialized View
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Not stored in memory. Only computed when used or accessed.
Virtual View
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The data about the data. Describes elements such as columns, names, and data type.
Metadata
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Ordered collec on of elements in parentheses.
Tuple
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% of table rows selected by a query
Hit Ra on
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AD
Reads blocks directly, without accessing an index.
Table Scan
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Reads index blocks sequen ally in order to locate the needed table blocks.
Index Scan
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Database repeatedly splits the index in two un l it finds a match.
Binary Search
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, Database object that maps one or more tables to a single file.
Tablespace
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Specifies tables, columns, and keys. Implements database requirements in a specific database
system. Also called a schema.
Logical Design
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Specifies indexes, table structures, and par ons. Specifies how tables are organized on storage
media.
Physical Design
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Components of a computer system and the rela onships between components.
Architecture
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Interact directly with database users and administrators and send queries to the query
processor. Includes Connectors & APIs, Workbench, and u lity programs.
Tools
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Interprets queries. Compiles queries into low-level instruc ons for the storage engine. Creates a
plan to modify the database or retrieve data, and returns query results to the applica on.
Query Processor
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Link between tools and query processor
Connec on
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AD
Creates connec ons and manages communica on between tools and query parser.