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An ER model is a design or blueprint of a database that can later be implemented as a database. The main components of E-R model are: entity set and relationship set.  \nWhat is an Entity Relationship Diagram (ER Diagram)?  \nAn ER diagram shows the relationship among entity sets. An entity set is a group of similar entities and these entities can have attributes. In terms of DBMS, an entity is a table or attribute of a table in database, so by showing relationship among tables and their attributes, ER diagram shows the complete logical structure of a database. Lets have a look at a simple ER diagram to understand this concept.  \nFacts about ER Diagram Model:  \nER model allows you to draw Database Design It is an easy to use graphical tool for modeling data  \nWidely used in Database Design  \nIt is a GUI representation of the logical structure of a Database  \nIt helps you to identifies the entities which exist in a system and the relationships between those entities  \nWhy use ER Diagrams?  \nHere, are prime reasons for using the ER Diagram  \nHelps you to define terms related to entity relationship modeling  \nProvide a preview of how all your tables should connect, what fields are going to be on each table  \nHelps to describe entities, attributes, relationships  \nER diagrams are translatable into relational tables which allows you to build databases quickly ER diagrams can be used by database designers as a blueprint for implementing data in specific software applications  \nA simple ER Diagram:  \nIn the following diagram we have two entities Student and College and their relationship. The relationship between Student and College is many to one as a college can have many students however a student cannot study in multiple colleges at the same time. Student entity has attributes such as Stu Id, Stu Name & Stu Addr and College entity has attributes such as Col_ID & Col_Name.  \nHere are the geometric shapes and their meaning in an E-R Diagram. We will discuss these terms in detail in the next section (Components of a ER Diagram) of this guide so don’t worry too much about these terms now, just go through them once.  \nRectangle: Represents Entity sets.  \nEllipses: Attributes  \nDiamonds: Relationship Set  \nLines: They link attributes to Entity Sets and Entity sets to Relationship Set  \nDouble Ellipses: Multivalued Attributes  \nDashed Ellipses: Derived Attributes  \nDouble Rectangles: Weak Entity Sets  \nDouble Lines: Total participation of an entity in a relationship set  \nComponents of a ER Diagram  \nAs shown in the above diagram, an ER diagram has three main components:  \n1. Entity  \n2. Attribute  \n3. Relationship  \n1. Entity  \nAn entity is an object or component of data. An entity is represented as rectangle in an ER diagram.  \nFor example: In the following ER diagram we have two entities Student and College and these two entities have many to one relationship as many students study in a single college. We will read more about relationships later, for now focus on entities.  \nWeak Entity:  \nAn entity that cannot be uniquely identified by its own attributes and relies on the relationship with other entity is called weak entity. The weak entity is represented by a double rectangle. For example–a bank account cannot be uniquely identified without knowing the bank to which the account belongs, so bank account is a weak entity.  \nWeak Entities  \nA weak entity is a type of entity which doesn't have its key attribute. It can be identified uniquely by considering the primary key of another entity. For that, weak entity sets need to have participation.  \nIn above example, \"Trans No\" is a discriminator within a group of transactions in an ATM.Let's learn more about a weak entity by comparing it with a Strong Entity  \n\n| Strong Entit","cbCailVmFecM63a6","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailVmFecM63a6","pdf",1362009,14,"English","# What is an Entity Relationship Diagram (ER Diagram)?\n## Facts and reasons to use ER diagrams\n# Example ER diagram: Student and College\n## Relationship and attributes in the example\n# Geometric shapes and meanings in an ER diagram\n## Rectangle, ellipses, diamonds, and lines\n# Components of an ER diagram\n## Entity\n## Attribute\n## Relationship\n# Strong entity vs weak entity\n## Weak entity definition and identification\n# Types of attributes\n## Key attribute\n## Composite attribute\n## Multivalued attribute\n## Derived attribute","[{\"question\":\"What is an ER Diagram and what does it represent in DBMS?\",\"answer\":\"An ER Diagram represents relationships among entity sets in a database. 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