"functional dependency" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: functional dependencies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} functional dependency (plural functional dependencies)
  1. (database normalization) Given a relation R and two sets of attributes X,Y⊆R, a constraint X→Y where each X value in R is associated with precisely one Y value in R. Categories (topical): Databases Translations (constraint between two sets of attributes in a relation): 函數依賴 (Chinese Mandarin), 函数依赖 (hánshù yīlài) (Chinese Mandarin), dépendance fonctionnelle [feminine] (French), funktionale Abhängigkeit [feminine] (German)

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