hierarchical database

noun

A database whose records are linked in a tree-like structure, each child record having a single primary parent.

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Meanings

nounhierarchical database (plural hierarchical databases)

plural hierarchical databases

  1. computingA database whose records are linked in a tree-like structure, each child record having a single primary parent.

Translations

Czech hierarchická databáze
  • hierarchická databázedatabase whose records are linked in a tree-like structure
French base de données hiérarchique
  • base de données hiérarchiquedatabase whose records are linked in a tree-like structure
Romanian bază de date ierarhică
  • bază de date ierarhicădatabase whose records are linked in a tree-like structure
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