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Entity

The document explains the concept of entities in a relational database management system (RDBMS), defining an entity as a record in a table. It describes entity types as categories of entities and entity sets as collections of these entities at a given time, which can change as records are added or removed. Additionally, it highlights the importance of key attributes for uniquely identifying entities.

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Entity

The document explains the concept of entities in a relational database management system (RDBMS), defining an entity as a record in a table. It describes entity types as categories of entities and entity sets as collections of these entities at a given time, which can change as records are added or removed. Additionally, it highlights the importance of key attributes for uniquely identifying entities.

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Entity Entity Type Entity Set

A thing in the real


Set of all entities of
world with A category of a particular
a particular entity
independent entity
type.
existence

Any particular row (a All rows of a


The name of a relation
record) in a relation relation (table)
(table) in RDBMS is an
(table) is known as in RDBMS is entity
entity type
an entity. set

Represents a
Entities can be
Defines attributes shared snapshot of all
tangible or
by entities of that type. entities at a given
intangible.
time.

It can grow or
It is identified It represents the
shrink as entities
uniquely through structure of the table
are added or
a key attribute. without data.
removed.

Example: All
Example: A student Example: "Student"
records in the
with ID 1. table schema.
"Student" table.

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