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Internal model

19 October, 2015 - 10:11
  • Database is considered as a collection of fixed – size record.
  • This model is closer to the physical level or file structure.
  • Is a representation of database as seen by the DBMS.
  • Requires the designer to match the conceptual model’s characteristics and constraints to those of the selected implementation model.
  • The entities in the conceptual model are mapped to the tables in the relational model.
  • The three most well-known models of this kind are the relational data model, the network data model and the hierarchical data model.