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| A grouping of characters into a word, or group of words |
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| A group of related fields |
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| A group of records of the same type |
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| What does a record describe? |
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| A person, place, or thing in which we store information |
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| This refers to each characteristic, or quality, describing an entity |
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| The presence of duplicate data in files |
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| This occurs when the same attribute may have different values |
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| This refers to the coupling of data stored in files and the specific programs required to update and maintain those files such that changes in programs require changes to the data |
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| A collection of data organized to serve many applications efficiently by centralizing the data and controlling the redundant data |
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| This is a set of computer programs or software that controls the creation, maintenance, and the use of the database in a computer platform. |
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| Database Management System (DBMS) |
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| There are two different views withing a DBMS: |
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Logical- this presents the data as they would be perceived by end users or business specialists
Physical- this shows how the data are actually organized and structured on physical storage media |
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| This system reduces data redundancy and inconsistency by minimizing isolated files in which the same are repeated |
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| This is the most popular type of DBMS today for PC's- and this also stores data in tables and it is extracted and combined to whatever form or format the users needs |
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| What are rows commonly referred to as? |
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| Records- or in very technical terms: Tuples |
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| This uniquely identifies each record: an example of this would be your social |
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| This is also a key field which is a unique identifier for each record |
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| This is a lookup field to look up about the supplier of a specific part |
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| This is a database that stores current and historical data of potential interest to decision makers throughout the company |
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| This provides concrete methods of analyzing exactly what customers want and how best to supply them |
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