view
view
(vU') n.
1. a SAS dataset that stores a program for accessing its data rather than storing the data itself.
2. Databases. data presented as a single table, but stored in several separate tables.
3. SQL. a stored query expression, which can be used like a table. Views are created in the CREATE VIEW statement.
4. an instance of retrieving or looking at an object.
v.t.
5. to look at, or to load for the purpose of looking at.
view descriptor
n.
view engine
n.
an engine that finds or assembles the data of a view according to the program stored in the view.