A '''relational database''' is a kind [database] (in fact, probably the most important kind). Special in that the database ''itself'' supports "search with complex query" (can combine conditions with boolean operations, even using intermediate search results for additional queries), which simplifies parallelization and scaling to very large datasets. ** See Also ** [RDBMS]: [SQL]: [Comparing Tcl database abstraction layers]: ** Relational Databases ** [Microsoft Access]: <> Category Database | Category Concept