Entity
From Oracle FAQ
An entity is a thing of significance, either real or conceptual, about which the business or system being modeled needs to hold information. Sample entities: EMPLOYEE, DEPARTMENT, CAR, etc.
Each entity in an ERD generally correspond to a physical table on database level.
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