relational database

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   a database in which relations between information items are explicitly specified as accessible attributes

   “in a relational database the data are organized as a number of differently sized tables”

   Broaderelectronic database

   NarrowerMedical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System

Questions about relational database

What does relational database mean?

relational database means "a database in which relations between information items are explicitly specified as accessible attributes".

Is relational database a common word?

relational database is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.