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The following table provides definitions for some of the terms used in this document.
Term | Definition |
External Stage | An external (that is, S3) stage specifies where data files are stored so that the data in the files can be loaded into a table or queried in-place. |
External Table | External tables store file-level metadata about the data files, such as the filename, a version identifier, and related properties. This enables querying data stored in files in an external stage as if it were inside a database. |