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fifth normal form

fifth normal form noun: a stage in the normalization of a relational database in which a database is in fourth normal form and every join dependency is implied by the candidate keys.

Noun

fifth normal form (uncountable)

  1. A stage in the normalization of a relational database in which a database is in fourth normal form and every join dependency is implied by the candidate keys.

Questions about fifth normal form

What does fifth normal form mean?
Fifth normal form means a stage in the normalization of a relational database in which a database is in fourth normal form and every join dependency is implied by the candidate keys.
What part of speech is fifth normal form?
Fifth normal form is a noun.

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