"fourth normal form" meaning in English

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Noun

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  1. (databases) A stage in the normalization of a relational database in which a database is in Boyce-Codd normal form and all multi-valued dependencies are functional dependencies. Categories (topical): Databases Related terms: first normal form, second normal form, third normal form, fifth normal form

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