AREA - In DB2, a named section of permanent storage space that is reserved to store the

database.

associative entity - See composite entity.

bridge entity - See composite entity.

candidate key - A minimal superkey; that is, a key that does not contain a subset of attributes

that is itself a superkey. See key.

closure - A property of relational operators that permits the use of relational algebra operators

on existing tables (relations) to produce new relations.

composite entity - An enti...