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Chapter 10 - Database Management

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Restrictions that establish who can enter new data, change existing data, delete unwanted data, and view data in a database.   show
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Information that is available when the decision maker needs it.   show
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Information that is error free.   show
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Copy of a database file after changes were made.   show
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Validity check that ensures users enter only alphabetic data in a field.   show
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Text that can include letters, numbers, or special characters.   show
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Each data element in an object. Also called a property.   show
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Application that supports a front-end program.   show
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Technique for recovering data in a database where the DBMS uses the log to undo any changes made to a database during a certain period, such as an hour. See also rollback.   show
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Copy of a database file before changes were made.   show
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Binary large object.   show
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show Boolean  
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show CGI (Common Gateway Interface) script  
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show character  
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Validity check consisting of a number(s) or character(s) that is appended to or inserted in a primary key value.   show
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Web databases where users store and share photos, videos, recordings, and other personal media with other registered users.   show
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Term used by users of relational databases for field.   show
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show completeness check  
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Primary key that consists of multiple fields.   show
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show computer-aided design (CAD) database  
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show consistency check  
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show continuous backup  
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show cost-effective information  
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show data  
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show data dictionary  
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Window on the screen that provides areas for entering or changing data in a database. See also form.   show
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show data file  
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The quality of data that is entered in a database.   show
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Smaller version of a data warehouse that contains a database that helps a specific group or department make decisions.   show
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show data mining  
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show data model  
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show data modeler  
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show data type  
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show data warehouse  
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show database  
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Person who creates and maintains the data dictionary, manages security of a database, monitors the performance of a database, and checks backup and recovery procedures.   show
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Person who focuses on the meaning and usage of data, including proper placement of fields, defining the relationships among data, and identifying users’ access privileges. See also data modeler.   show
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show database approach  
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Program that allows user to create a computerized database; add, change, and delete data in the database, sort and retrieve data from the database; and create forms and reports from the data in the database. See also database software.   show
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Computer that stores and provides access to a database.   show
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show database software  
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show default value  
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Database in which the data exists in many separate locations throughout a network or the Internet.   show
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show e-form  
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A form that sends entered data across a network or the Internet.   show
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show field  
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show field name  
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Defines the maximum number of characters a field can contain.   show
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Procedures that keep data current.   show
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System used to store and manage data in which each department or area within an organization has its own set of files.   show
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Window on the screen that provides areas for entering or changing data in a database. See also data entry form.   show
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show forward recovery  
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show front end  
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Computing phrase that points out the accuracy of a computer’s output depends on the accuracy of the input.   show
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Geographic information system. Type of database that stores maps and other geographic data.   show
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Database that stores documents such as schedules, calendars, manuals, memos, and reports.   show
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The multiple dimensions in which data is stored in a multidimensional database.   show
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show hypermedia database  
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Database that contains text links to other types of documents.   show
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show information  
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show log  
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show metadata  
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Database that stores data in dimensions.   show
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show multimedia database  
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Process designed to ensure the data within the relations (tables) in a database contains the least amount of duplication.   show
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Validity check that ensures users enter only numeric data in a field   show
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Database item that contains data, as well as the actions that read or process the data.   show
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show object query language (OQL)  
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Database that stores data in objects.   show
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Databases that combine features of the relational and object-oriented data models.   show
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show organized information  
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show primary key  
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Policy adopted by some organizations, where users' access privileges are limited to the lowest level necessary to perform required tasks.   show
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show query  
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DBMS feature that has a graphical user interface to assist users with retrieving data.   show
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show query language  
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Validity check that determines whether a number is within a specified range.   show
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show record  
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DBMS feature that uses logs and/or backups to restore a database when it becomes damaged or destroyed.   show
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Term used by developers of relational databases for file.   show
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Database that stores data in tables that consist of rows and columns, with each row having a primary key and each column having a unique name.   show
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Link within the data in a database.   show
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show report generator  
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DBMS feature that allows users to design a report on the screen, retrieve data into the report design, and then display or print the report. See also report generator.   show
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A DBMS element that contains data about each file in a database and each field in those files. See also data dictionary.   show
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show rollback  
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Technique for recovering data in a database where the DBMS uses the log to reenter changes made to the database since the last save or backup. See also forward recovery.   show
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Term used by users of relational databases for record.   show
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Query language used with databases that allows users to manage, update, and retrieve data.   show
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show table  
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Information that has an age suited to its use.   show
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show tuple  
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Information that has meaning to the person who receives it.   show
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show validation  
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Check that analyzes entered data to help ensure that it is correct. See also validity check.   show
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Check that analyzes entered data to help ensure that it is correct. See also validation rules.   show
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Information that can be proven as correct or incorrect.   show
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