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So I have this database of my categories. And every category can have sub-categories, except for the prime-level ones. In my database I designate a row that is pointing to the category which will contain this category as its sub-category. How do I call that? Mother Category? Maybe there is more "technical" word for that? P.S. Sorry, English is not my native language so I don't know many words. |
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In conceptual modelling, where we study whole/part relationships, we would call that the whole. A more technical name would be root. |
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I would suggest "Master Category" or "Top Category". |
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As you're talking about using a database, I assume you might be looking for what the common technical terms are. Generally, you'd use parent/child to describe the relationship between a category and it's sub-categories. The term root may be used to specify the container of all categories that have no parent. |
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