Relational database
A relational database is a database based on the relational model. Strictly speaking the term refers to a specific collection of data but it is often used synonymously with the software that is used to manage that collection of data. That software is more correctly called a relational database management system, or RDBMS.
In simple terms it is a collection of tables linked by relationships using primary keys across tables.
See also
External links
- A Relational Model of Data for Large Shared Data Banks: By E. F. Codd
- Relational Database Principles by Colin Ritche. ISBN 0826457134 This is Very Helpful for courses where databases are a course module.
- This article was originally based on material from the Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, which is licensed under the GFDL.