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Unit 4 Database
Database
Question | Answer |
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Ascending | sort order arranging text or numbers from A to Z, smallest to largest, or from earliest to latest. |
Database | a collection of organized data that allows access, retrieval, and use data. |
Data type | indicates the type of data that can be stored in a field. |
Descending | sort order arranging text or numbers from Z to A, from largest to smallest, or from 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 database 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 appear as a row in a database or table. |
Report | a document that uses data from tables and/or queries; the user controls which items in the database will appear in the report and how it is filtered or sorted. |
Sort | to arrange a list of words in ascending or descending order. |
Table | a database view of information arranged in a grid of rows and columns. |