An organized collection of information that may or may not be stored in a computer.

Records

A part of a database that holds data about a particular individual or item.

A part of a database that holds data about a particular individual or item.

Part of a database that holds an individual piece of data.

Settings applied to a database field, which allow the field to store only information of a specific type and/or format.

Garbage In, Garbage Out

A phrase that stresses the importance of inputting accurate data in a database.

A software program used to manage the storage, organization, processing, and retrieval of data in a database.

A database that can work with only one table at a time.

To arrange data in a specific order.

A database in which shared key fields link data among tables.

An element that links tables in a relational database.

A database that stores objects, such as sound, video, text, and graphics.

The result of a computer user being overwhelmed by the amount of information generated by his or her computer.

To find information in a database by looking at records one at a time.

The sorting of data by increasing value.

The sorting of data by decreasing value.

An ordered list of selected database records and fields in an easy-to-read format.

A pattern that controls how data will be displayed in a database report.

The underlying structure of a relational database characterized by rows and columns.