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relational algebra

family of algebras used for modelling the data stored in relational databases, and defining queries on it
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relational algebra

Summary

relational algebra ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (384 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • relational algebra is credited with the discovery of Edgar F. Codd[2].
  • relational algebra's subclass of is recorded as algebra[3].
  • relational algebra's Commons category is recorded as Relational algebra[4].
  • relational algebra's foundational text is recorded as A relational model of data for large shared data banks[5].
  • relational algebra's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1970-06-01T00:00:00Z[6].
  • relational algebra's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/017pzb[7].
  • relational algebra's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Relational algebra[8].
  • relational algebra's described at URL is recorded as https://www.cs.cornell.edu/projects/btr/bioinformaticsschool/slides/gehrke.pdf[9].
  • relational algebra's described at URL is recorded as https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/dbms/introduction-of-relational-algebra-in-dbms/[10].
  • relational algebra's described at URL is recorded as https://drbtaneja.com/relational-algebra-in-dbms/[11].
  • relational algebra's described at URL is recorded as https://www.ccbp.in/blog/articles/relational-algebra-in-dbms[12].
  • relational algebra's described at URL is recorded as https://bcalabs.org/subject/relational-algebra-in-dbms[13].
  • relational algebra's PSH ID is recorded as 7231[14].
  • relational algebra's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/relational-algebra[15].
  • relational algebra's different from is recorded as relation algebra[16].
  • relational algebra's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 95916125[17].
  • relational algebra's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C95916125[18].

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Works and Contributions

relational algebra is credited with the discovery of Edgar F. Codd[2].

Why It Matters

relational algebra ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (384 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

Edgar F. Codd Ruby

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . A relational model of data for large shared data banks. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [5] ↑ . A relational model of data for large shared data banks. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . A relational model of data for large shared data banks. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  17. [18] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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