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Sometimes referred to as “Big Blue” IBM is a multinational corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York. It manufactures computer hardware and software and provides information technology and services.
In a database, a segment type that is dependent on a segment type defined at the next higher level in the database hierarchy. All segment types in a database, except the root, are physical children since each is dependent on at least the root.
Industry:Software
In a database, a segment type thathas a dependent segment type defined at the next lower level in the physical database hierarchy.
Industry:Software
In a database, a set of hierarchically related segments of one or more segment types. As viewed by the application program, the logical database record is always a hierarchic tree structure of segments. All of the segments that exist hierarchically dependent to a given root segment and that root segment. See also database record.
Industry:Software
In a database, a user-defined category of data. See also segment occurrence.
Industry:Software
In a database, a user-defined path between two independent segments.
Industry:Software
In a database, all child segments of the same segment type that have a particular instance of the same parent segment type. Root segments are also considered twins to each other. See also physical twins, sibling segments.
Industry:Software
In a database, all occurrences of a single physical child segment type that have the same (single occurrence) physical parent segment type. See also logical twins, twin segments.
Industry:Software
In a database, all occurrences of one type of logical child with a common logical parent occurrence. See also physical twins.
Industry:Software
In a database, an instance of a segment type. See also segment type.
Industry:Software
In a database, any segment that is dependent on another segment above it (its parent) in the hierarchy.
Industry:Software
