in tuple relational calculus,
177–178
EXISTS function, SQL, 120–122
Expanding or growing (first) phase,
in two-phase locking, 782
Expert database systems, 932
Export schema, in federated data-
base architecture, 891
Expressions
in-line expressions in relational
algebra, 151
safe/unsafe expressions in tuple
relational algebra, 182–183
in tuple relational calculus, 176–177
Extends keyword, extending inheri-
tance, 383
Extensible hashing, 612–614
Extensible Stylesheet Language
Transformations (XSLT), 415,
436
Extensible Stylesheet Language
(XSL), 415, 436
Extension. See Database state
(snapshot)
Extensions, SQL, 88
Extents
constraints corresponding to type
hierarchies, 366
defined, 369
object persistence and, 363
in ODMG object model, 388–390
External hashing, 609–611
External schema
in federated database architecture,
891
in three-schema architecture, 34
Extraction, transformation, and
loading (ETL) tools, 1069
F-score, measures of relevance in IR,
1017
Faceted searches, 1028–1029
Facets, 1028–1029
Fact constellation, in multidimen-
sional data models, 1074
Fact-defined predicates (relations),
978
Fact tables, in multidimensional
data model, 1073
Factory objects, in ODMG object
model, 388–390
Facts, in deductive databases, 970
Failed state, transactions, 752
Fan-out, of multilevel index, 643
Faults, reliability and availability
and, 881
FCIP (Fiber Channel over IP), 624
FCoE (Fiber Channel over
Ethernet), 624
FDBMS (federated database man-
agement systems), 50
FDBSs (federated database systems)
architecture of, 890–891
defined, 885
overview of, 885–887
Feasibility analysis, 307
Features, in vector space model for
IR, 1003
Federated database management
systems (FDBMS), 50
Federated database systems. See
FDBSs (federated database
systems)
Federated schema, in federated data-
base architecture, 891
Federated warehouses, 1078
Feedback loops, between phases of
database design, 310
Fiber Channel over Ethernet
(FCoE), 624
Fiber Channel over IP (FCIP), 624
Field models, spatial data, 960
Fields
connecting fields for relationships
between file records, 616
hash field, 606, 608
indexing fields (or attributes). See
Indexing fields (or attributes)
logical field references for rela-
tionships between file records,
617
ordering and key fields, 603
of records, 594–595
search field, 648
Fifth normal form (5NF), 534–535
File of commands, in SQL program-
ming, 449
File servers, in client/server archi-
tecture, 45
Files (of records)
allocation of file blocks on disk,
598
B-trees and data structures in
organization of, 617
data organization and, 587
database approach compared with
file processing, 9–10
dynamic file expansion, 611–612
dynamic hashing, 614
extensible hashing, 612–614
external hashing, 609–611
fixed-length records and variable-
length records, 595–597
hashing techniques, 606
headers (descriptors), 598
internal hashing, 606–609
linear hashing, 614–616
of mixed records, 616–617
operations on, 599–601
of ordered records (sorted files),
603–606
organization of, 601
placing file records on disk, 594
simple searches, 685
of unordered records (heap files),
601–602
Filtering
in agent-based approach to Web
content analysis, 1024
classification process in manda-
tory access control, 848
protecting against SQL injection,
858
Finances, applying data mining to,
1060
Find operation, on files, 599–600
FindAll operation, on files, 600
FindNext operation, on files, 600
FindOrdered operation, on files, 600
Fingerprinting, database, 857
First-come-first-served queues, deal-
ing with starvation, 788
First normal form (1NF), 65,
519–523
Fixed-head disks, 591
Fixed-length records, 595–597
Flash memory, 585
Flat data models, 436–440
Flat files, in relational model, 60
Flat relational model, 65
Flexibility, as benefit of database
approach, 22
Flow analysis, for spatial databases,
959
Flow control
covert channels, 861–862
overview of, 860–861
security control measures, 838
Flow policies, 860
FLWR expressions, XQua, 434
Folding technique, in hashing, 608
Force/no-force techniques
in database recovery, 811–812
UNDO/NO-REDO recovery algo-
rithm using, 818–819
Force-writing, log buffers, 754
Index 1147