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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
More Database Terms
Primary-Replica Architecture
Architecture with primary for writes, replicas for reads
Indexing
Creating data structures to speed up data retrieval
ORM
Mapping object-oriented code to database tables
Cursor
Database object for traversing result sets row by row
Trigger
Special procedure that auto-executes on table events
ACID
Properties guaranteeing reliable transaction processing