denormalised

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Denormalised is the British spelling of denormalized.

In database design, a denormalised structure deliberately duplicates data across tables to improve query speed, trading storage efficiency for faster reads.

The term extends to any system where redundancy is introduced for performance: The data warehouse uses a denormalised schema.

data

database

Organized digital information collection

  • tableHorizontal furniture surface
  • queryRequest for information
  • schemaOrganized representational structure

relational · SQL · redundancy · join · entity · record · indexing · storage · retrieval · optimization

structure

redundant

Exceeding what's needed

nested · hierarchical · consolidated · aggregated · precomputed · cached · materialized · snapshot · replicated · merged

Opposites
database structure

denormalisednormalised

Adjusted to standard form

normalized · relational · non-redundant · structured · atomic

normalization state

denormalisednormalised

Adjusted to standard form

normalized · standardised · standardized · regularised · regularized

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denormalize, denormalizing, denormalization, normalise, normalize, normalised, normalized, normalising, normalizing

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