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  • F

    field

    A field is an area in a fixed or known location in a unit of data such as a record, message header, or computer instruction that has a purpose and usually a fixed size.

  • foreign key

    A foreign key is a column or columns of data in one table that refers to the unique data values -- often the primary key data -- in another table.

  • M

    MySQL

    MySQL is a relational database management system (RDBMS) based on SQL (Structured Query Language).

  • O

    object-oriented database management system (OODBMS)

    An object-oriented database management system (OODBMS), sometimes shortened to ODBMS for object database management system, is a database management system (DBMS) that supports the modelling and creation of data as objects.

  • Oracle

    Oracle is one of the largest vendors in the enterprise IT market and the shorthand name of its flagship product, a relational database management system (RDBMS) that's formally called Oracle Database.

  • R

    record

    In computer data processing, a record is a collection of data items arranged for processing by a program.

  • S

    sharding

    Sharding is a type of database partitioning that separates large databases into smaller, faster, more easily managed parts.

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