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BCNF

BCNF is the initialism of Boyce-Codd normal form.

Meaning of Boyce-Codd normal form

Noun

Boyce-Codd normal form (uncountable)

  1. A stage in the normalization of a relational database in which a database is in third normal form and all determinants are candidate keys.
    Synonyms:
    BCNF

Questions about BCNF

What is BCNF the initialism of?
BCNF is the initialism of Boyce-Codd normal form.

Words near BCNF in the dictionary

  1. BCL
  2. BCLs
  3. bcm
  4. BCMS
  5. BCN
  6. BCNF
  7. BCNIE
  8. BCNU
  9. BCOF
  10. bcos
  11. bcoz

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Adapted from Wiktionary: BCNF (page history and authors); Boyce-Codd normal form (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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