normal form


normal form

[′nȯr·məl ′fȯrm] (computer science) The form of a floating-point number whose mantissa lies between 0.1 and 1.0.

normal form

(reduction)In reduction systems, the state of a termwhich contains no reducible expressions. Variants includehead normal form, weak head normal form.

normal form

(database)See database normalisation.