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Chapter 8 Database
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Computer Science
8th Grade
09/29/2008

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Term
Databases
Definition
orgnized collections of information stored on a computer
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Tables
Definition
contains a collection of related data
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Field
Definition

Is a separate piece of data that is stored in a record

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Data type

Definition

Only a certain kind of information can be entered into a database

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Garbage in, Garbage out
Definition
The idea that a database is only as good as the data it contains
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Database Management System
Definition
manages the storage, organization, processing, and retrieval of data in a database
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Flat File Database
Definition
allows you to work with data in only one table
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Sort
Definition
arrange data information in different ways
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Relational database
Definition
files can be linked to each other by a field that is found in each of the files
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Key field
Definition

a field that is found in each of the tables

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Object-oriented databases
Definition
store information about documents, audio clips, and video clips
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Information overload
Definition
A potential problem involved in the use of computers is having access to too much data
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Browse
Definition
looking through all the records in a database
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Ascending order
Definition
values such as 1,2,3 or A,B,C get larger or higher
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Reports
Definition
ordered lists of selected records and fields in an easy-to-read format
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Report template
Definition
can use a design and a pattern that controls how data will be displayed
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