[ adj ] having a relation or being related <adj.all>
Relational \Re*la"tion*al\ (r?-l?"sh?n-al), a. 1. Having relation or kindred; related.
We might be tempted to take these two nations for relational stems. --Tooke.
2. Indicating or specifying some relation.
Relational words, as prepositions, auxiliaries, etc. --R. Morris.
The ability to grab data from relatively new "relational" data bases will be provided in older systems, known as hierarchical or navigational data bases.
We make a classical contract with the former, we have a relational contract with the other.
Like other so-called relational data base products, DB2 had been slow enough that it bogged down if used to handle, say, the heavy traffic involved in customer deposits for a bank.
As we adjust to a more conventional growth rate, our company will be stronger than ever." Oracle is the largest marketer of relational data base software, and ranks a close third, behind Microsoft Corp., in terms of overall software sales.
By this, they mean the ability to trace associated transactions throughout the files in the manner of a relational database.
This relational ethic extends into the heart of the corporation.
Also on the Chicago Board Options Exchange, Teradata Corp., a El Segundo, Calif., supplier of relational database computer systems, began trading under TDQ and UJB Financial Corp., a Princeton, N.J. banking company, began trading under UJB.
This imposed a rigid structure on data, geared to the program's primary purpose. The relational database removed the strait-jacket by storing data as a series of ready-made tables.