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Vocabulary Terms and Definition for Databases
Term | Definition |
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Database | a collection of organized data that allows access, retrieval, and use of data |
Data type | indicates the type of data that can be stored in a field |
Field | a single characteristic of data that appears in a table as a column |
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 question presented in a way that allows the database to process and generate specific data from one or more tables |
Record | a collection of fields that appear as a row in a database or table |
Report | a document that uses data from tables and/or queries; the user controls which items in the database will appear in the report and how it is filtered or sorted |
Table | a database view of information arranged in a grid of rows and columns |