Definition:Exact Chain Complex

Definition
Let $\AA$ be an abelian category.

Let $\family {d_i : C_i \to C_{i - 1} }_{i \mathop \in \Z}$ be a chain complex in $\AA$.

Then $\family {d_i : C_i \to C_{i - 1} }_{i \mathop \in \Z}$ is exact it is exact at $C_i$ for all $i \mathop \in \Z$.

Also see

 * Definition:Exactness of Chain Complex at Object