atomic value:
each value in the domain is indivisible as far as the relational model is concernedattribute: principle storage unit in a database
column:
see attribute
degree:
number of attributes in a table
domain:
the original sets of atomic values used to model data; a set of acceptable values that a column is allowed to contain
field:
see attribute
file:
see relation
record:
contains fields that are related; see tuple
relation:
a subset of the Cartesian product of a list of domains characterized by a name; the technical term for table or file
row:
see tuple
structured query language (SQL):
the standard database access language
table:
see relation
tuple:
a technical term for row or record