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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| database | A collection of data that can be sorted and searched using search algorithms |
| table | a collection of data about a limited topic organized into rows and columns in a database |
| field | A category of information in a database table |
| record | a collectin of info in a database table consisting of one or more related fields about a specific entity such as a person product or event |
| relational database | a database that contains multiple tables related through common fields |
| common field | a field contained in two or more database tables that forms a connection between the tables |
| relationship | a connection between two or more database tables that is based on a field that the tables have in common |
| primary key | a filed containing a value that uniquely identifies each record in a database table |
| foreign key | a field in a related database table that refers to the primary key in primary table |
| one-to-one relationship | in a databases a relationship in which each record in the table A can have only one matching record in Table B and vice versa |
| one-to-many relationship | In databases a relation in which a record in Table A can have multiple matching record in Table B but a record in Table B has only one matching record in Table A |
| many-to-many relationship | In databases a relationship in which one record in Table A can relate to many matching records in Table B and vice versa |
| junction table | a database table containing foreign-key fields that refer to the primary key fields from the primary tables in many to many relationships |
| query | A questin posed by a user to a database to request database info. the database retuns the query results based on criteria supplied by the user in the query |
| Structured Query Language (SQL) | a language used to create and maintain pro high performance corporate database |
| database management system (DBMS) | a program used to store access and manipulate database info |
| Common Gateway Interface | a program that processes data submitted by the user. allows a web server to pass control to a software program based on user request the app receives and organace data then returns in a consistent format |