flat database definition

flat database

Simple database design consisting of one large table instead of several interconnected tables of a relational database. Called 'flat' because of its only two dimensional (data fields and records) structure, these databases cannot represent complex data relationships. Also called flat file database or flatform database.

flat database is in the Computer Hardware, Software, & Security and Information Science & Technology subjects.

flat database appears in the definitions of the following terms: flat file database, flatform database, relational database and database

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