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Chapter 8 DB
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Computer Science
8th Grade
09/29/2008

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Term
organized collections of information stored on a computer are known as
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databases
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a database is made up of ______________, which contains a collection of related data
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tables
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a single unit of data or___________, contains information about one indevidual items
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record
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Each separate peice of data that is stored in a record is known as a_________
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data entry
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only a certain kind of information or__________ can be entered into a database
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data type
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the idea that a data base  is only as good as the data put in it is known as_____________
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garbage in garbage out
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a ____________ manages the storage, organization, processing, and retriveal of data in a data base.
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data base retrieval system
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a _______ allows you to work with the data in only one table
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flat file
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with data base software it is easy to _________ data or arrange information in different ways
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file
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in _________ files can be linked to each other by a field that is found in each of the files
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relational databases
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a students name is an example of a _______ a field that is found in each of the tables
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key field
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__________ store information about documents, audio clips, and video clips.
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object oreiented databases
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a potential problem involved in the use of computers is having too much data a situation kknown as _________
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information overload
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one way to find data is to ________ or look through all the records in a database
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browse
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when data is sorted in ________ values such as 1, 2, 3 or a, b, c get larger or higher
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ascending order
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when data is sorted in _____ values such as 1, 2,3 or a, b, c getting smaller or lower
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descending order
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with data base soft ware it is easy to generate __________ or ordered lists of selected records and fields in an easy to read format
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reports
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in most databases useres can design a______ a pattern that controls how data will be displayed
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data model
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