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Unit 4 database
CBA database
Term | Definition |
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Ascending | sort order arraning text or numbers from a to z, form smallest to largest or earliest to latest |
Database | a collection of organized data that allows access, retrieval, and the use of data |
Data type | indicates the type of data that can be stored in a filed |
Descending | sort order arranging text numbers from largest to smallest, or latest to earliest |
Field | a single characteristic of data that appears in a talbe as a column |
Feild name | a name that idemtifies a field |
Form | a database view that allows the user to see the fields for on 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 |
Report | a document that uses data form tables; the users controls which items in the database will apear in the report and hoe it is filtered |
Sort | to arrange a list of words or numbers in ascending or descending order |
Table | a database view of information arranged on a grid of rows and coulmns |