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Entity Entity Set Entity Type

Each tuple in the document represents an entity, with attributes. An entity type describes a collection of entities that share common attributes, similar to a table in a database with rows as entities and columns as attributes. An entity set is a collection of one or more entities of the same entity type, analogous to the records or rows in a table.

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Entity Entity Set Entity Type

Each tuple in the document represents an entity, with attributes. An entity type describes a collection of entities that share common attributes, similar to a table in a database with rows as entities and columns as attributes. An entity set is a collection of one or more entities of the same entity type, analogous to the records or rows in a table.

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Entity

Entity Set
Entity Type
Emp Ena Sala
no me ry tuple
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102 Roja 2000 tuEple
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1.Each tuple is an entity
2.Each entity will have
attributes
3. entity type in a database is
described by a name and with
attributes
Entity
It is something which has real existence. Like tuple1
contains information about Ram(id, name and Age)
which has existence in real world . So the tuple1 is an
entity. So we may sayeach tuple is an entity.

Entity Type
It is collection of entity having common attribute. As in
Student table each row is an entity and have common
attributes. SoSTUDENTis an entity type which
contains entities having attributes id, name and
Age.Also each entity type in a database is described by
a name and a list of attribute.So we may saya table
is an entity type

Entity SET
It is a set of entities of same entity type. so a set of
one or more entities of Student Entity type is an Entity
Set.
An entity type may be

An object with physical existence.


E.g. a lecturer, a student, a car

An object with conceptual


existence.
E.g. a course, a job, a position
Entity Record

Entity Type Table

Entity Set Set of Records

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