one-to-many
Hub to spokes
One-to-many describes a relationship where a single element connects to multiple elements on the other side.
In databases, a one-to-many relationship means one record in a table can link to several records in another table: one customer can have many orders.
The term appears in technical contexts like data modeling, telecommunications, and broadcasting, where one source transmits to multiple receivers.
It contrasts with one-to-one and many-to-many relationship types.
Public declaration of information
- transmissionSending of information
- disseminationWide distribution of information
- telecastTransmitted television program
- podcastEpisodic digital audio series
webinar · radio · television · streaming · syndication · simulcast · multicast · signal
Central connection point
- spokesRods connecting hub to rim
- serverOne who attends tables
- clientsThose receiving professional services
- subscribersThose enrolled for content
followers · audience · multicast · master-slave · endpoints · connections · downstream · routing
Woody perennial plant
- forkTined eating tool
- bifurcationDivision into two branches
- ramificationSecondary consequence of action
- offshootDerivative outgrowth
splitting · divergence · subdivision · dichotomy · fractal · tributary · delta · dendritic
Distribution of shares
- dispersalSpreading in many directions
- apportionmentDivision into shares
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- handoutFree distribution to recipients
dispensing · dissemination · circulation · spread · sharing · rationing · logistics · outlets
Data pair structure
- dictionaryAlphabetical word reference
- hashmapKey-indexed data container
- indexAlphabetical guide to contents
- associationGroup with shared aim
database · schema · function · correspondence · linkage · pointer · reference · relational
Act of duplicating precisely
- cloningMaking identical copies
- franchisingLicensing a business model
- multiplicationProduct-finding operation
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
proliferation · growth · expansion · propagation · serialization · templating · instantiation · spawning
announcement
Public declaration of information
- transmissionSending of information
- disseminationWide distribution of information
- telecastTransmitted television program
podcast · webinar · radio · television · streaming · syndication · simulcast · multicast · signal · airwaves
hub
Central connection point
- spokesRods connecting hub to rim
- serverOne who attends tables
- clientsThose receiving professional services
subscribers · followers · audience · multicast · master-slave · endpoints · connections · downstream · routing · relay
tree
Woody perennial plant
- forkTined eating tool
- bifurcationDivision into two branches
- ramificationSecondary consequence of action
offshoot · splitting · divergence · subdivision · dichotomy · fractal · tributary · delta · dendritic · hierarchy
allocation
Distribution of shares
- dispersalSpreading in many directions
- apportionmentDivision into shares
- deliveryConveyance of goods
handout · dispensing · dissemination · circulation · spread · sharing · rationing · logistics · outlets · wholesale
key-value
Data pair structure
- dictionaryAlphabetical word reference
- hashmapKey-indexed data container
- indexAlphabetical guide to contents
association · database · schema · function · correspondence · linkage · pointer · reference · relational · tuple
replication
Act of duplicating precisely
- cloningMaking identical copies
- franchisingLicensing a business model
- multiplicationProduct-finding operation
amplification · proliferation · growth · expansion · propagation · serialization · templating · instantiation · spawning · duplication
polygamy
Multiple concurrent spouses
- relationsrelation, relationship, equivalence relation, connection, link
- databasesSQL, table, databases, database, tables
- data modelingdata model, schema, entity, attribute, relationship
- database designschema, tables, relationships, normalization, entity
- ER diagramsentity, entities, relationship, relationships, attribute
- ORMentity, persist, mapping, hibernate, persistence
one-to-manymany-to-one
Multiple elements mapping together
one-to-one · peer-to-peer · point-to-point · many-to-many · unicast
one-to-manybidirectional
Operating in both directions
reciprocal · interactive · conversational · two-way · dialogic
one-to-manydecentralized
Lacking single authority
distributed · democratic · bottom-up · grassroots · horizontal