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Dbmsstu 3
DatabaseModel
ADatabasemodeldefinesthelogicaldesignofdata.Themodeldescribestherelationshipsbetweendifferentpartsof
thedata.Historically,indatabasedesign,threemodelsarecommonlyused.Theyare,
HierarchicalModel
NetworkModel
RelationalModel
HierarchicalModel
Inthismodeleachentityhasonlyoneparentbutcanhaveseveralchildren.Atthetopofhierarchythereisonlyone
entitywhichiscalledRoot.
NetworkModel
Inthenetworkmodel,entitiesareorganisedinagraph,inwhichsomeentitiescanbeaccessedthroughseveralpath
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RelationalModel
Inthismodel,dataisorganisedintwodimesionaltablescalledrelations.Thetablesorrelationarerelatedtoeach
other.
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