Multiple choice technology databases

In a one-to-many relationship, the entity that is on the one side of the relationship is called a(n) ________ entity.

  1. parent

  2. child

  3. instance

  4. subtype

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Explanation

In a one-to-many relationship, the entity on the 'one' side is called the parent entity because it can have multiple related child entities, but each child relates to exactly one parent. This is a fundamental concept in hierarchical and relational data modeling. The child entity is on the 'many' side.