domain calculus

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domain calculus - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  domain calculus
  
     <database> A form of relational calculus in which scalar
     variables take values drawn from a given domain.
  
     Examples of the domain calculus are ILL, FQL, DEDUCE and
     the well known Query By Example (QBE).  INGRES is a
     relational DBMS whose DML is based on the relational
     calculus.