"A collection of data arranged in rows and columns and manipulated using relational algebraic operations." (Joseph P Bigus, "Data Mining with Neural Networks: Solving Business Problems from Application Development to Decision Support", 1996)
"A collection of information organized in tables, each of which models a class of objects of interest to the organization [..]" (Microsoft Corporation, "SQL Server 7.0 System Administration Training Kit", 1999)
"A collection of information organized in tables. Each table models a class of objects of interest to the organization." (Anthony Sequeira & Brian Alderman, "The SQL Server 2000 Book", 2003)
"A collection of tables that stores data without any assumptions as to how the data is related within the tables or between the tables." (Bob Bryla, "Oracle Database Foundations", 2004)
"A method for storing data in multiple tables, where relationships exist between tables." (Margaret Y Chu, "Blissful Data ", 2004)
"A database in which data is viewed as being stored in tables consisting of columns (data items) and rows (units of information). Data from different tables can be combined to form new data relationships." (Sybase, "Glossary", 2005)
"A collection of information organized in tables. Each table models a class of objects of interest to the organization. Each column in a table models an attribute of the object. Each row in a table represents one entity in the class of objects modeled by the table. Queries can use data from one table to find related data in other tables." (Thomas Moore, "MCTS 70-431: Implementing and Maintaining Microsoft SQL Server 2005", 2006)
"The set of requirements and fulfilling data that is developed and documented during critical parameter management. They link many-to-many relationships up and down throughout the hierarchy of the system being developed." (Clyde M Creveling, "Six Sigma for Technical Processes: An Overview for R Executives, Technical Leaders, and Engineering Managers", 2006)
"A database that organizes data in the form of tables." (S. Sumathi & S. Esakkirajan, "Fundamentals of Relational Database Management Systems", 2007)
"A database that stores data in tables containing rows and columns, and that allows queries representing relationships among records in different tables." (Rod Stephens, "Beginning Database Design Solutions", 2008)
"A database where tables hold records containing fields. Fields holding the same values link related tables." (Rod Stephens, "Start Here!™ Fundamentals of Microsoft® .NET Programming", 2011)
"A database for storing structured data. This allows for a fixed format, usually a limited number of values in a defined order." (Kenneth A Shaw, "Integrated Management of Processes and Information", 2013)
"A database in which data is stored in multiple, interrelated tables." (Faithe Wempen, "Computing Fundamentals: Introduction to Computers", 2015)
"A database in which the information is organized into tables related to each other by specific rules." (Mike Harwood, "Internet Security: How to Defend Against Attackers on the Web" 2nd Ed., 2015)
"A database that stores related data in rows and columns in tables." (Rod Stephens, "Beginning Software Engineering", 2015)
"Essentially, a collection of tables or lists." (E C Nelson & Stephen L Nelson, "Excel Data Analysis For Dummies ", 2015)
"A database that can be perceived as a set of tables and manipulated in accordance with the relational model of data. Each database includes a set of system catalog tables that describe the logical and physical structure of the data, a configuration file containing the parameter values allocated for the database, and a recovery log with ongoing transactions and archivable transactions." (Sybase, "Open Server Server-Library/C Reference Manual", 2019)
"A database or database management system that stores information in tables as rows and columns of data, and conducts searches by using the data in specified columns of one table to find additional data in another table." (Microsoft Technet)
"A database in which data is viewed as being stored in tables consisting of columns (data items) and rows (units of information). Data from different tables can be combined to form new data relationships." (Sybase)
"A database that can be perceived as a set of tables and manipulated in accordance with the relational model of data." (IBM)
"A database that conforms to the relational model, storing data in a set of simple relations." (Oracle)
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