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| an organized collection of information that may or nay not be stored in a computer |
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a part of a database that holds data about a particular individual or item |
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the underlying structure of a relational database characterized by rows and columns |
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part of a database that holds an individual piece of data |
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settings applied to a database field, which allow the field to store only information of a specific type and/or format |
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| Garbage in, garbage out (GIGO) |
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a phrase that stresses the importance of inputting accurate data in a database |
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| Database management system (DBMS) |
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a software program used to manage the storage, organization, processing, and retrieval of data in a database |
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a database in which shared key fields link data among tables |
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to arrange data in a specific order |
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an element that links tables in a relational database |
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a database that stores objects, such as sound, video, text, and graphics |
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the result of a computer user being overwhelmed by the amount of information generated by his or her computer |
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to find information in a database by looking at records one at a time |
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the sorting of data by increasing value |
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the sorting of data by decreasing value |
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an ordered list of selected database records and fields in an easy-to-read format |
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