Boyce-Codd normal form

== English == === Etymology === Developed in 1974 by Raymond F. Boyce and Edgar F. Codd. === Noun === Boyce-Codd normal form (uncountable) (databases) A stage in the normalization of a relational database in which a database is in third normal form and all determinants are candidate keys. ==== Synonyms ==== BCNF ==== Related terms ==== first normal form second normal form fourth normal form fifth normal form