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The Data Dictionary

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A data dictionary is the catalog holding a database's metadata — information describing content, format, and structure, such as every table and its fields — and it constitutes the heart of the database system.

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A school system's dictionary lists every table before anyone opens one.

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Data about the data is infrastructure, not paperwork.

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