"first normal form" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-|head=first normal form}} first normal form (uncountable)
  1. (databases) A stage in the normalization of a relational database in which repeating groups and attributes have been eliminated by putting each into a separate table connected by a primary-key/foreign-key relationship. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Databases Related terms: second normal form, third normal form, fourth normal form, fifth normal form, Boyce-Codd normal form
    Sense id: en-first_normal_form-en-noun-AgN6ve3Q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: computing, databases, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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