BCNF

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A form of Boyce-Codd normal form — A stage in the normalization of a relational database in which a database is in third normal form and all determinants are candidate keys.

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Meanings

nounBCNF (uncountable)
  1. abbreviationinitialismuncountablecomputingInitialism of Boyce-Codd normal form.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
boyce-codd normal form
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