denormalize
denormalize verb: to add redundancy to (a database schema), the opposite of normalization, typically in order to optimize its performance.
Verb
denormalize (third-person singular simple present denormalizes, present participle denormalizing, simple past and past participle denormalized)
- To add redundancy to (a database schema), the opposite of normalization, typically in order to optimize its performance.
- Some developers regularly denormalize portions of the database in an attempt to improve performance.2011, Paul Nielsen, Uttam Parui, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Bible, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 516
- To make no longer normal; to treat or regard as different or unusual.
- One question these scenes pose for cultural theory is whether such depictions denaturalize rape and denormalize masculinist pleasure in viewing sexual violence.2018, Lee Quinby, Millennial Seduction: A Skeptic Confronts Apocalyptic Culture, page 139
Forms of denormalize
| third-person singular present | denormalizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | denormalizing |
| past participle | denormalized |
| past | denormalized |
Origin of denormalize
From de- + normalize.
Words formed from denormalize
Questions about denormalize
- What does denormalize mean?
- Denormalize means to add redundancy to (a database schema), the opposite of normalization, typically in order to optimize its performance.
- What part of speech is denormalize?
- Denormalize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of denormalize?
- The past tense of denormalize is denormalized.
Words near denormalize in the dictionary
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