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ACSA - Database
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Database | a tool used to organize, store, retrieve, and communicate (report on) groups of related information |
| Tables | essential building blocks of all databases; store data in rows and columns; used to group and organize the information within a database |
| Queries | retrieve and process data |
| Forms | a customized manner of inputting data into a database or presenting data on a screen; control data entry and data views |
| Reports | summarize and print data |
| Entry | a single piece of data in a database table |
| Data | made up of characters; typed into a field as an entry |
| Field | a grouping or category of similar information contained in a table; a unique identifier for a category of information; represented by a column |
| Record | a complete description of all of the fields related to one item in a table; a single piece of data in a database table; represented by rows |
| Data Type | defines the value of a cell |
| Field Property | defines the format of the data within the cell |