A data dictionary is a special file that contains a set of information describing the contents, format, and structure of a database and the relationship between its elements, used to control access to and manipulation of the database.
Can?t delete a row from primary table if there are related rows in secondary table.
A view may be a subset of the database or it may contain virtual data that is derived from the database files but is not explicitly stored .
Database provides necessary means to achieve this abstraction. By structure of a database we mean the data types, relations, and constraints that should hold on the data.
High level data models provide the concepts that are close to the way many users perceive data
They describe the details of how data is stored in the computers
LDI is the capacity to change the conceptual schema without having to change external schemas or application programs.
The no of entities participating in relation is called Degree of relationship
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