"snowflake schema" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: snowflake schemas [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} snowflake schema (plural snowflake schemas)
  1. (computing) A logical arrangement of tables in a multidimensional database such that the entity relationship diagram resembles a snowflake shape. Categories (topical): Computing

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