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Relational calculus

The relational calculus refers to the two calculi, the tuple calculus and the domain calculus, that are part of the relational model for databases and that provide a declarative way to specify database queries. This in contrast to the relational algebra which is also part of the relational model but provides a more procedural way for specifying queries.

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