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As discussed in the previous lecture, the relational database model is the most widely used data model in DBMSs. |
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It was developed by E. F. Codd at IBM in 1970. |
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The relational database model is based on organizing data with the basic organization unit being a relation that is represented as a table. |
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The next section describes the main building blocks of a relational database and its definition. |