ALL meanings of entity-relationship diagram
- abbreviation Technical meaning of ENTITY-RELATIONSHIP DIAGRAM entity-relationship model 3
- noun Definition of entity-relationship diagram in Technology (database, specification) An approach to data modelling proposed by P. Chen in 1976. The model says that you divide your database in two logical parts, entities (e.g. "customer", "product") and relations ("buys", "pays for"). One of the first activities in specifying an application is defining the entities involved and their relationships, e.g. using an entity-relationship diagram to represent a model. 1
- noun entity-relationship diagram (data modeling) A graphical representation of entities and their relationships to each other in a conceptual data model. 0