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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
An organized collection  of information stored on a computer
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Tables
Definition
A collection of related data which a database is made up of
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Records
Definition
A single unit of data which contains information about one individual or item
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Feild

Definition
Each seprate piece of data that is stored in a record
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Datatype
Definition
Only a certian kind of information that 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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Data Management System

Definition
Manages the storage, organization, processing, and retrieval of data
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Flat-file Databases
Definition
Allows you to work with data in only one table
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Sort

Definition

Arranging information ina different way in a database software

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Relational Databeses
Definition
Files can be linked  to eack other by a feild that is found in eack of the files
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Key Feild
Definition
A feild that is found in each of the tables
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Object-oriented Databeses

Definition
Store information about a document, audio clips, and video clips 
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Information Overload

Definition
A potential problem involved in that use of vomputers is having access to too much data
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Browse
Definition
Look 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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Descending Order
Definition
Values such as 1,2,3 or A,B,C get smaller or lower
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Templates

Definition
Ordered lists of selected records and fields in an easy-to-read format
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Report Template
Definition
A pattern that controls how data will be displayed
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