Appendix C
Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Symbols
| 1NF | First Normal Form |
| 2NF | Second Normal Form |
| 2PC | Two-Phase Commit |
| 3NF | Third Normal Form |
| 3PC | Three-Phase Commit |
| 4NF | Fourth Normal Form |
| 5NF | Fifth Normal Form |
| ACID | Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, and Durability |
| ADT | Abstract Data Type |
| AES | Advanced Encryption System |
| AFIM | After-Image |
| ANSI/SPARC | American National Standards Institute/Standards Planning and Requirements Committee |
| API | Application Programming Interface |
| ARIES | Algorithm for Recovery and Isolation Exploiting Semantics |
| BCNF | Boyce-Codd Normal Form |
| BERM | Binary Entity Relationship Model |
| BFIM | Before-Image |
| BLOB | Binary Large Object |
| CD-ROM | Compact Disk-Read Only Memory |
| CLI | Call Level ... |
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