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RDB
R r - abbreviation Technical meaning of RDB Oracle Rdb 3
- noun Definition of rdb in Technology (database) A set of relational database products originally known as Rdb from Digital Equipment Corporation, but purchased by Oracle Corporation in 1994. The current (October 1996) versions are Oracle Rdb V7.0 for OpenVMS VAX, Oracle Rdb V7.0 for OpenVMS Alpha, and Oracle Rdb V7.0 for Digital UNIX. This release of Oracle Rdb includes advances in non-stop computing for business critical applications, improvements to OLTP performance, and easy client/server application development. It also includes an ODBC Driver. 1
- noun Technical meaning of rdb A roll-your-own database, created in the Unix toolkit philosophy. It appears to be written in the awk language, and is very compatible with awk. It uses awk's syntax and can be combined with awk commands. The definitive introduction is "Unix Relational Database Management: Application Development in the Unix Environment", by Rod Manis, Evan Schaeffer, and Robert Jorgensen, published by Prentice Hall. The book tells how to use rdb to create database/spreadsheets in the awk tradition, only easier. It's a good way to get into programming for novices. It's also a good way to learn DB theory and construction quite painlessly. 1