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| Organized collection of information stored on a computer |
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a part of a database that holds data about a particular individual or item |
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settings applied to a database field, which allow the field to store only information of a specific type and/or format |
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part of a database that holds an individual piece of data |
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| only a certain kind of info, or _____, can be entered into a database |
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a phrase that stresses the importance of inputting accurate data in a database |
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| A ____ manages the storeage, organization, processing, and retrival of data in a database |
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| A_____ allows you to work with data in only one table |
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| With database software, it is easy to _____ data, or arrange information in different ways. |
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| In ____, files can be linked to each other by a field that is found in each of the files |
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| A student's name if an example of a ____, a field that is found in each of the tables |
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| Object-oriented databases |
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| ____store info about documents, audio clips, and video clips |
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| a potential problem involved in the use of computers is having access to TOO MUCH data, a situation known as, ___________ |
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| One way to find data is to _____, or look through all the records in a data base |
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| when data is sorted in _____, values such as 1,2,3, ir A,B,C larger or higher |
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| when data is sorted in _____, values such as 1,2,3, or A, B, C get smaller to lower |
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| with database software, it is easy to generate ____, or ordered lists of selected records nd fields in an easy-to-read format |
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| in most databases, users can design a ____, a pattern that controls how data will be displayed |
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A computerized database is also structured in three parts: |
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| database management system (DBMS) |
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| software used to manage the storage, organization, processing, and retrieval of data in a database |
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describes a program that uses different types of media (such as text, graphics, video, animation, or sound) at the same time |
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| What are three characteristics of good database design |
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Ensuring data security Preserving data integrity Avoiding data redundancy |
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| You can sort data in three different ways: |
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| Alphabetical sorting of letters and symbols Numerical sorting of numbers and values Chronological sorting of dates and times |
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