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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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