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Chapter 8 Database
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Computer Science
8th Grade
09/30/2008

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Garbage in Garbage out
Definition
A potential problem involved in the use of computers is having access to too much data
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Sort
Definition

Is a way to find data or to look through all the records in a database

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Ascending order
Definition
When data is sorted by 1 2 3 4 5 by getting larger or higher
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Descending order
Definition
When data is sorten as like  1 2 3 4 by getting smaller or lower
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Records
Definition
With database software it is easy to generat or ordered list of selected records and feilds in an easy to read format
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report template
Definition
In most databases users can design a pattern that controls how data will be displayed
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Database
Definition
Organized collections of information stored on a computer
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Record
Definition
A single unite of data that contains information about one individual or item
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Field
Definition
Each seperate data that is stored in a record
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GIGO
Definition
Garbage in garbage out
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Sort
Definition
A way to find data or to look through all the records in a database
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Relatoinal database

Definition
files that can be linked to each other by a field that is found in each of the files
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Object orientated database
Definition
Store information about documents like audio clips and video clips
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Browse
Definition
Is a way to find data or to look through all the records in a database
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Records
Definition
A database that is made up and contains a collection of related data
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