To Support A(n) _____ Adequately, the DBMS Might Be Required

question 54

Essay

To support a(n) _____ adequately, the DBMS might be required to support advanced storage technologies, and even more importantly, to support multiple-processor technologies, such as a symmetric multiprocessor (SMP) or a massively parallel processor (MPP).

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values, indicating how much the values in a dataset differ from the mean.

Approximately Normal

A distribution is said to be approximately normal if it closely follows a normal distribution, characterized by its bell-shaped curve.

Probability

A measure of the likelihood that an event will occur, represented as a number between 0 and 1, where 0 indicates impossibility and 1 indicates certainty.

Random Sample

A sample in which each member of the population has an equal probability of being selected, aiming for a representative subset.