English noun: relational database | |||
1. | relational database (communication) a database in which relations between information items are explicitly specified as accessible attributes | ||
Samples | In a relational database the data are organized as a number of differently sized tables. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | computer database, electronic database, electronic information service, on-line database | ||
Instance hyponym | Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System, MEDLARS | ||