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Explanation of "Relational Database"

A relational database is a way to store and organize information on a computer. Think of it like a digital filing cabinet where you keep different kinds of information in separate drawers (which we call "tables"). Each drawer can hold various pieces of information that are related to each other.

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1. a database in which relations between information items are explicitly specified as accessible attributes
   • in a relational database the data are organized as a number of differently sized tables