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Flat-file database

A flat-file database is a tabular flat file in which each record is semantically independent – can meaningfully be interpreted and manipulated independent of other records of the table. The term flat loosely refers to data that is record-based and sequential yet lacks more complicated aspects such as nesting, relationships and metadata (with the…

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Flat-file database

Nodes46
Edges45
Triples27
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.043478
Components1

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Flat-file database

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related to Format · 10
Flat-file database → Common, CSV, For, I'll, If, In, Several, To, TSV, When
related to history · 10
Flat-file database → Examples, FileMaker, Herman Hollerith's, IBM PC, In, Macintosh, PC-File, These, United States, US Census Bureau
related to Examples · 3
Flat-file database → In, The, Unix-like
is a · 1
Flat-file database → tabular flat file in which each record is semantically independent

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database data flat-file delimiter field text file format relationships fields may fixed-width files databases flat record values example formats length

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Flat-file databaseis atabular flat file in which each record is semantically independent0.90text
nestinginstance ofThe term flat loosely refers to data that is record-based and sequential yet lacks more complicated aspects0.80text
relationshipsinstance ofThe term flat loosely refers to data that is record-based and sequential yet lacks more complicated aspects0.80text
metadatainstance ofThe term flat loosely refers to data that is record-based and sequential yet lacks more complicated aspects0.80text
Flat-file databaserelated to ExamplesIn0.60section
Flat-file databaserelated to ExamplesUnix-like0.60section
Flat-file databaserelated to ExamplesThe0.60section
Flat-file databaserelated to FormatWhen0.60section
Flat-file databaserelated to FormatIn0.60section
Flat-file databaserelated to FormatCommon0.60section
Flat-file databaserelated to FormatCSV0.60section
Flat-file databaserelated to FormatTSV0.60section

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