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Database Category

NORMALIZATION

Schema design to reduce redundancy.

Definition

Normalization organizes relational data into well-structured tables to minimize duplication and update anomalies.

Practical Example & Use Case

A team splits user profile and address data into related tables so updates in one place remain consistent across all queries.

Editorial review date: 2026-03-13

Related Terms in Database

INDEXData structure that speeds lookups.
TRANSACTIONAtomic unit of database work.
QUERY PLANExecution strategy selected by the optimizer.

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