database transaction

noun

A unit of interaction in a database management system.

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Meanings

noundatabase transaction (plural database transactions)

plural database transactions

  1. computingA unit of interaction in a database management system.

    Technically, a database transaction is sequence of operations that is treated as a single unit (an atomic unit). All of the operations in a transaction have to be completed before the database changes are made permanent.

    2007, Ian Sommerville, Software Engineering, Pearson Education, →ISBN, page 298
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