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- ● n. m. ►MATH Élément d'un produit cartésien. Couramment, c'est par exemple une ligne d'une table dans une base de données, comme: (nom, prénom, âge, profession).
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tuple — /tūˈpl/ (computing) noun A set of data that relates to, and may not be separated from, an object in a database ORIGIN: Sfx tuple denoting a set, as in quintuple … Useful english dictionary
-tuple — 1863, combining element abstracted from QUINTUPLE (Cf. quintuple), etc … Etymology dictionary
Tuple — This article is about the mathematical concept. For the musical term, see Tuplet. For the achievement in Association Football, see The Sextuple. In mathematics and computer science, a tuple is an ordered list of elements. In set theory, an… … Wikipedia
-tuple — noun combining form Etymology: quintuple, sextuple set of (so many) elements usually used of sets with ordered elements < the ordered 2 tuple (a, b) > … New Collegiate Dictionary
tuple — noun /tʌpəl,tuːpəl/ a) A finite sequence of terms; equivalently, an ordered set. b) A single row in a relational database. Syn: n tuple, ordered pair … Wiktionary
-tuple — [ tju:p(ə)l] combining form chiefly Mathematics forming nouns and adjectives with a preceding algebraic symbol with the sense ‘(an entity or set) consisting of as many parts or elements as indicated by the symbol, such as n tuple. Origin from the … English new terms dictionary
tuple — [ tju:p(ə)l] noun Computing a data structure consisting of multiple parts. ↘(in a relational database) an ordered set of data constituting a record. Origin from tuple … English new terms dictionary
-tuple — a suffix added to a number by mathematicians to create units of quantity; a 7 tuple, for example, contains 7 objects, listed in a specified order. The suffix has the same Latin root as ply, meaning fold … Dictionary of units of measurement
-tuple — ˌtəpəl, ˌtüp noun combining form Etymology: quintuple, sextuple : set of (so many) elements often used of sets with ordered elements the ordered 2 tuple (a, b) … Useful english dictionary
Tuple-versioning — (also called point in time) is a mechanism used in a relational database management system to store past states of a relation. Normally, only the current state is captured. Using tuple versioning techniques, typically two values for time are… … Wikipedia
Tuple relational calculus — The tuple calculus is a calculus that was introduced by Edgar F. Codd as part of the relational model in order to give a declarative database query language for this data model. It formed the inspiration for the database query languages QUEL and… … Wikipedia
