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Access Terms
Unit 4: Database
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ascending | Sort order arranging text or nubers from A to Z, from smallest to largest, or from the earliest to lastest |
| Database | A collection of organized data that allows access, retrival, and use of data |
| Data Type | Idicates the type of data that can be stored in a field |
| Descending | Sort order arranging text or numbers from Z to A from largest to smallest or from lastest to earliest |
| Field | A single charecteristic 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 question presented in a way that allows the database to process and generate specific data from one or more tabes |
| Record | A collection of fields that appear as a row in a database or tabel |
| Report | A document that uses from tables and/or queiries; the user controls which items in the database will apear in the report and how it is filtered or sorted |
| Sort | To arrange a list of words or numbers in ascending or descending order |
| Tabel | A database view of information in a grid of rows and columns |