Theentity-relationship(E-R)datamodelisbasedonaperceptionofarealworldthatconsistsofaclletionofbasicobjects,called(请作答此空),andofrelationshipsamongtheseobjects.Anentityisa“thing”or"object"intherealworldthatisdistinguishablefromotherobjects.Entitiesaredescribedinadatabasebyasetof():Arelationshipisanassociationamongseveralentities.Thesetofallentitiesofthesametypeandthesetofallrelationshipsoftheametypearetermedanentitysctandrelationshipset,respectively.Theoveralllogicalstructure(schema)ofadatabasecanbeexpressedgraphicallybyanE-Rdiagram,whichisbuiltupfromthefllowingcomponents:()represententityset,()representatributes,ete.Inadditiontoentitiesandrelations,theE-Rmodelrepresentscertain()towhichthecontentsofadatabasemustconform.Theentity-relationshipmodeliswidelyusedindatabasedesign.
A.data B.things C.entities D.objects正确答案C