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unit 4 data base
CBA data base forms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Acending | sort order arranging text or numbers from A to Z, from smallest to largest, or from earliest to latest |
| 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 feild |
| desending | sort order arranging text or numbers from Z to A, from largest to smallest, or latest to earliest |
| field | a single characteristic of data that appears in a table as a column |
| field name | a name that identifies a field |
| form | a data base 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 appears as a row in a data or table |
| report | a document that uses data from tables and/or queries; the user controls which items in the data base will appear in the report and how it is filtered or sorted |
| sort | to arrange a list of words or numbers in ascending or descending order |
| table | a data base view of information arranged in a grid or rows and columns |