tuple

tuple definition - computer

(1) In a relational database, a tuple is one record (one row). See record and relational database.

(2) A set of values passed from one programming language to another application program or to a system program such as the operating system. Typically separated by commas, the values may be parameters for a function call or a set of data values for a database. See function.



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