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

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Organized collections of information stored on a computer are known as
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Database

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Record

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A single unit of data that contains informaton about one individual or item
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Field
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Each separate piece of data that is stored in a record
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Data type
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Only a certain kind of informaton that can be entered into a database
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Garbage in Garbage out
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The idea that a database ins only as good as the data it contains
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Database management system
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Manages the storage organization processing and retrieval of data in a database
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Flat file database
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Allows you to work with data in only one table

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Sort
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With database software it is easy to (Blank) data or arrange information in different ways
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Relational database
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files can be linked to each other by a field that is found in each of the files
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DBMS field
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A students name is an example of a field that is found in each of the tables
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Object oriented
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