Multiple choice technology architecture

An atomic field is

  1. a key that contains only a single field

  2. a key field

  3. a numerical field

  4. a single valued field
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D Correct answer
Explanation

An atomic field contains only a single value and cannot be meaningfully broken down further. This is a fundamental concept in First Normal Form (1NF), which requires that every field contain only atomic (indivisible) values to eliminate repeating groups within a record.

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