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unit four database
cba database terms
Term | Definition |
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ascending | sort order attanging text or numbers from a to z, from smallest to largest or from eatliest to latest |
database | a collection of organized data that allows acess, retrieval, and use of data |
data type | indicates the type of data that can be stored in a field |
desending | sor order arranging text or numbers from z to a, from largest to smallest, or from latest to earliest |
field | a single characteristic of data that appears in a table as a column |
field name | a name that identifies a field |
form | a database view that allows the user to see all fields for one record and enter them one at a time |
primary key | a field that uniquely identifies a record in a table |
query | a wuestion presented ina eya that allows the datebase to process and generate specific data from one or more tabls |
record | a collection of fields that appears as a row in a datebase or table |
report | a document that uses data from tables and\or queries; the user contrls which items in the database will apear in the repot and how it is filtered or sorted |
sort | to arrang a list of words or numbers inasending or decending order |
table | view or informaion arranged in a grid or row and columns |