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A3.2 Database design

IB Computer Science Topic A3.2: Database Design

A1.1 Computer hardware and operation

A1.2 Data representation and computer logic

A1.3 Operating systems and control systems

A1.4 Translation (HL only)

A2.1 Network fundamentals

A2.2 Network architecture

A2.3 Data transmissions

A2.4 Network security

A3.1 Database fundamentals

A3.2 Database design

A3.3 Database programming

A3.4 Alternative databases and data warehouses (HL only)

A4.1 Machine learning fundamentals

A4.2 Data preprocessing (HL only)

A4.3 Machine learning approaches (HL only)

A4.4 Ethical considerations

B1.1 Approaches to computational thinking

B2.1 Programming fundamentals

B2.2 Data structures

B2.3 Programming constructs

B2.4 Programming algorithms

B2.5 File processing

B3.1 Fundamentals of OOP for a single class

B3.2 Fundamentals of OOP for multiple classes (HL only)

B4.1 Fundamentals of ADTs

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A3.2.1 Database Schemas

A3.2.2 Constructing Entity Relationship Diagrams (ERDs)

A3.2.3 Different Data Types Used in Relational Databases

A3.2.4 Constructing Tables for Relational Databases

A3.2.5 Differences Between Normal Forms

A3.2.6 Constructing a Database Normalized to 3NF for Real-World Scenarios

A3.2.7 Evaluating the Need for Denormalizing Databases

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