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DBase Unit 1
Advanced Database Vocabulary Unit 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Backing up | making a copy of a database file to protect your database against loss or damage |
| Compacting | a process that rearranges the data and objects in a database to decrease file size, thereby making more space available on your disk and letting you open and close the database more quickly |
| Database | a collection of related tables stored in the same file |
| Field | a single characteristic or attribute of a person, place, object, event or idea |
| File | a collection of data that has a name and is stored in a computer |
| Form | a database object that can be created that makes it easier to maintain, view, and print records in a database in different and useful ways |
| Table | a collection of fields that describe a person, place, object, event or data displayed in columns and rows |
| Trusted folder | a folder on a drive or network that can be designated as trusted where databases are stored and considered safe |