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| • | A
data structure that stores meta-data, i.e. data |
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data. The term "data dictionary" has several |
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generally it is a set of data descriptions that |
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be shared by several applications. |
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it means a table in a database that stores |
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| the
names, field types, length, and other |
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| characteristics
of the fields in the database tables. |
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