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database transaction

database transaction noun: a unit of interaction in a database management system.

Noun

database transaction (plural database transactions)

  1. A 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

Forms of database transaction

pluraldatabase transactions

Questions about database transaction

What does database transaction mean?
Database transaction means a unit of interaction in a database management system.
What part of speech is database transaction?
Database transaction is a noun.
What is the plural of database transaction?
The plural of database transaction is database transactions.

Words near database transaction in the dictionary

  1. database management system
  2. database management systems
  3. database model
  4. database models
  5. database publishing
  6. database transaction
  7. database transactions
  8. database-first
  9. databased
  10. databaseless
  11. databaselike

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