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Denormalization
Quick Definition
Intentionally adding redundancy to improve reads
Full Definition
Intentionally adding redundancy to improve read performance at the cost of update complexity.
Examples
read optimization, materialized views, data warehousing
Related Terms
normalization
query-optimization
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