Mandatory and optional participation are observed in E-R models between 2 different entities.Mandatory ParticipationIn the mandatory participation, for every instance of entity A, there must exist an instance of entity B and vice versa.An example of Mandatory participation would be relationship between mother and child. The child entity would exist only if there were a mother and similarly a mother would exist only if there were a childOptional participationIn optional participation, it is not necessary for all the instances of the entity to participate in a relationship. It may be that the number of instances participating for a particular entity ... Read More

Moving objects are those whose position changes frequently over a period of time. Conventional databases don't know how to handle this scenario, as they assume the data objects are stationaryIn this case, we use moving object databases. These databases can store information about moving objects and allow querying on them.For example- The location of nearest taxis for a particular customer can be found using querying on moving object databases.The approaches used in handling moving object databases are:Location ManagementThe current locations of the objects are saved in the database and estimations are made on their near future positions. This information is ... Read More

GeneralizationGeneralization is a process of generalizing an entity which contains generalized attributes or properties of generalized entities. The entity that is created will contain the common features. Generalization is a Bottom up process.We can have three sub entities as Car, Truck, Motorcycle and these three  entities can be generalized into one general super class as Vehicle.It is a form of abstraction that specifies two or more entities (sub class) having common characters that can be generalized into one single entity (super class) at higher level hiding all the differences.SpecializationSpecialization is a process of identifying subsets of an entity that shares ... Read More

EER is a high-level data model that incorporates the extensions to the original ER model. Enhanced ERD are high level models that represent the requirements and complexities of complex database.In addition to ER model concepts EE-R includes −Subclasses and Super classes.Specialization and Generalization.Category or union type.Aggregation.These concepts are used to create EE-R diagrams.Subclasses and Super classSuper class is an entity that can be divided into further subtype.For example − consider Shape super class.Super class shape has sub groups: Triangle, Square and Circle.Sub classes are the group of entities with some unique attributes. Sub class inherits the properties and attributes from ... Read More

Coaxial cables, commonly called coax, are copper cables with metal shielding designed to provide immunity against noise and greater bandwidth. Coax can transmit signals over larger distances at a higher speed as compared to twisted pair cables.Structure of Coaxial CablesCoax has a central core of stiff copper conductor for transmitting signals.  This is covered by an insulating material. The insulator is encased by a closely woven braided metal outer conductor that acts as a shield against noise. The outer conductor is again enclosed by a plastic insulating cover. The structure is shown in the following figure −Categories of Coaxial CablesCoaxial ... Read More

The primary purpose of computer networks is to transfer data from a source machine to a destination machine. One of the elementary ways to transfer data between machines is to use removable storage media. The steps for the transfer are −Copy data from the source computer to the removable storage device.Physically transport the removable device to the source computer.Copy data from the removable device to the destination computer.Some of the removable media that can use for transferring data between devices are −Magnetic tapesOptical discs like CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray DiscsUSB flash drivesZip discs and floppy discsMemory cards and Memory sticksAdvantages ... Read More

Bandwidth The range of frequencies that are used for transmitting a signal without being substantially attenuated is called the bandwidth. It is calculated as the difference between the highest and the lowest frequencies. It is expressed in Hertz (Hz).For example, if the minimum frequency is 100 Hz and the maximum frequency is 1000 Hz, the bandwidth will be 900 Hz.The bandwidth of a transmission medium is the frequency width of the medium and is dependent upon its physical characteristics like thickness, material, length etc. For example, the bandwidth of a coaxial cable is 750 MHz ( MegaHertz).BasebandBaseband transmissions are those requiring ... Read More

In a Relationship, Participation constraint specifies the existence of an entity when it is related to another entity in a relationship type. It is also called minimum cardinality constraint.This constraint specifies the number of instances of an entity that can participate in a relationship type.There are two types of Participation constraint −Total ParticipationEach entity in the entity set is involved in at least one relationship in a relationship set i.e. the number of relationship in every entity is involved is greater than 0.Consider two entities Employee and Department related via Works_For relationship. Now, every Employee works in at least one ... Read More

In Ternary relationship three different Entities takes part in a Relationship.Relationship Degree = 3For Example: Consider a Mobile manufacture company.Three different entities involved:Mobile - Manufactured by company. Part - Mobile Part which company get from Supplier. Supplier - Supplier supplies Mobile parts to Company.Mobile, Part and Supplier will participate simultaneously in a relationship. because of this fact when we consider cardinality we need to consider it in the context of two entities simultaneously relative to third entity.Cardinality in Ternary RelationshipSay for a given instance of Supplier and an Instance of Part, can that supplier supply that particular part for multiple Mobile models.Example ... Read More

A Binary Relationship is the relationship between two different Entities i.e. it is a relationship of role group of one entity with the role group of another entity.There are three types of cardinalities for Binary Relationships −1. One-to-One2. One-to-many3. Many-to-ManyOne-to-OneHere one role group of one entity is mapped to one role group of another entity. In simple terms one instance of one entity is mapped with only one instance of another entity.In this type the primary key of one entity must be available as foreign key in other entity.For example − consider two entities Person and Driver_License.Person has the information about ... Read More