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Physical
databases store data in the
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“best”
way -- no redundancy, ...
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Expect many tables of “simple” entities
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“Physical” means that the data is actually
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stored on the disk -- contrast with logical DBs
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that are “virtual tables”
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Physical databases are designed “for the
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computer” not for the user
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The “physical schema” gives table
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definitions and the relationships
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