A ________ on an attribute of a relation is a data structure that allows the database system to find those tuples in the relation that have a specified value for that attribute efficiently, without scanning through all the tuples of the relation.
(a) Index
(b) Reference
(c) Assertion
(d) Timestamp
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This question is from SQL Data Types and Schemas in chapter SQL : Queries, Constraints and Triggers of Database Management