noun

• 1Computing
  A data structure consisting of multiple parts.

  1. 1.1(in a relational database) an ordered set of data constituting a record.
     ‘As soon as the lobby server receives a request from the player to connect, it will read all current game tuples from the global tuple space.’
     More example sentences

     • ‘If no objects were selected, an empty tuple is returned.’
     • ‘The most pressing issue is probably the 8KB limitation on each tuple, or database row.’
     • ‘Underneath this interface is a database called tuple space.’