HBase is a sparse, distributed, persistent multidimensional sorted map. The map is indexed by a row key, column key, and a timestamp; each value in the map is an uninterpreted array of bytes. Applications store rows in labelled tables. A row has a sortable key and an arbitrary number of columns. All rows are sorted in strict alphabetical sequence.
norm noun [C]. âº an âaccepted âstandard or a way of being or doing things: Illness has âbecome the norm for her. (Definition of norm from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary Â© Cambridge University Press). See all translations.
Legal Norm. a mandatory rule of social behavior established by the state. Like all of law, a legal norm aims at developing certain social relations in the interests of the ruling class. A legal norm indicates the conditions of its execution, the subjects of the relationships that it regulates, the mutual rights and duties of the subjects, and the sanctions for failure to perform a duty.