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5 | 5 | <chapter id="tutorial-sql"> |
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61 | 61 | <indexterm><primary>relation</primary></indexterm> |
62 | 62 | <indexterm><primary>table</primary></indexterm> |
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64 | | - <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> is a <firstterm>objectrelational |
65 | | - database management system</firstterm> (<acronym>ORDBMS</acronym>). |
| 64 | + <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> is a <firstterm>relational |
| 65 | + database management system</firstterm> (<acronym>RDBMS</acronym>). |
66 | 66 | That means it is a system for managing data stored in |
67 | 67 | <firstterm>relations</firstterm>. Relation is essentially a |
68 | 68 | mathematical term for <firstterm>table</firstterm>. The notion of |
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