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  1. [data architecture] The third level of guidelines for designing table and data structures in a relational database. The third-normal-form guideline incorporates the guidelines of first and second normal form; in addition, it recommends removing from a table those columns that do not depend on the table's primary key. A database that follows these guidelines is said to be in third normal form.

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