Entity set or entity type, Database Management System

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A collection of a same kind of entities is known as an Entity Set or entity type.

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For the COLLEGE database defines earlier objects of concern are Students, Faculty, Course and departments. The sets of all the students' entities form a entity set STUDENT. Likewise collection of all the courses creates an entity set COURSE.

Entity sets require not be disjoint. For example - an entity may be part of the entity set STUDENT, the entity set FACULTY, and the entity set PERSON.


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