Glossary
Table
The logical structure used by a relational database management system (RDBMS) that corresponds to the relation in the relational model of data – the table is the main structure in SQL.
Third normal form (3NF)
In relational data analysis, a relation is in third normal form if it is in second normal form and no transitive dependencies exist.
Tuple
In the relational model of data, the construct that is equivalent to a row in a table – it contains all the attribute values for each instance represented by the relation.