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first normal form

[database structures] The first level of guidelines for designing table and data structures in a relational database. The first normal form guideline recommends creating a unique key for every row in a database table, eliminating duplicate columns from a table, and creating separate tables to contain related data. A database that follows these guidelines is said to be in first normal form.

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