BUSINESS DRIVEN TECH (LL) W/CONNECT >I
BUSINESS DRIVEN TECH (LL) W/CONNECT >I
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ISBN: 9781259746048
Author: BALTZAN
Publisher: MCG
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Chapter 7, Problem 2OC
Program Plan Intro

Entity:

Entity is the basic block for building the data collected about person, place, event, or thing.

  • Entities represent attributes that can have multiple instances.
  • Entity is about the collection of the information about the place, person, or thing. For example: a patient, a musician, and so on.
  • To locate the information in the entity, they have a name, short description about what they are and identifier.
  • Identifiers are used to identify each and every individual instance of an entity.
  • So, it is the purpose of having identifiers with unique values.
  • The Naming of an entity is,
    • Entity is described by a singular noun spelled in capital letters.

Example:

The example of an entity is given below:

  • STUDENT
  • EMPLOYEE

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