relational operator
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relational operator
[ri′lā·shən·əl ′äp·ə‚rād·ər] (computer science)
An operator that indicates whether one quantity is equal to, greater than, or less than another.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
relational operator
A symbol that specifies a comparison between two values. See also ampersand codes.
Relational Operator Symbol
EQ Equal to =
NE Not equal to <> or # or !=
GT Greater than >
GE Greater than or equal to >=
LT Less than <
LE Less than or equal to <=
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The dataflow approach to database system design needs a message-based client-server operating system to interconnect the parallel processes executing the
relational operators. This in turn requires a high-speed network to interconnect the parallel processors.
Another important concept is the use of
relational operators to order or manipulate data elements.
A more refined notion of symmetry that exploits the meaning of the
relational operators is also described.
(1) NOT's are eliminated by using DeMorgan's Law and negating
relational operators such as equals to (=) and greater than (>).
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