A Comprehensive Data Definition refers to a formal data definition that provides a complete, meaningful, easily read, readily understood definition explaining the content and meaning of data.
SQL Programming Overview Anybody who has done something for a long time has probably wanted to change how things work at some point or another. A worker at a mill might have found a more efficient wa...
Distributed Databases Overview Suppose you created a database for a web application a few years ago. It started with a handful of users but steadily grew, and now its growth is far outpacing the serv...
Concurrency and Reliability Overview Concurrency and reliability have long been Gǣhot topicsGǥ of discussion among developers and users of distributed systems. The fundamental problem can be seen in ...
What is a Relational Database? Popular, modern databases are built on top of an idea called Gǣrelational algebraGǥ, which defines how GǣrelationsGǥ (e.g. tables and sequences in databases) interact w...
SQL Keys Overview In SQL, keys are used to maintain referential integrity among relations. Put simply, this means keys allow tables to reference each other, and each reference will be GǣcorrectGǥ eve...
SMS, which stands for Short Message Service and is also referred to as “text messaging,” is a cheaper alternative to making phone calls from mobile phone to mobile phone, instead sending ...
Symbian is a proprietary operating system for wireless telecommunications, succeeding Psion Software's EPOC. Released in 1999, it is owned by a number of companies: Nokia with 47.9% of the share, Eri...
SQL Table Commands Overview As mentioned previously in this series of SQL articles, databases are primarily composed of tables. The Gǣcolumns and rowsGǥ structure of the table allows data to be effic...
TDMA, which stands for time division multiple access, is a method of channel access developed specifically for shared medium networks, such as radio broadcast. It is a form of time-division multiplex...