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AR Adv DB Unit 9
Advanced Database Unit 9
Term | Definition |
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Split | allows the user to split the database into two files: one file contains the tables, and the other file contains the queries, forms, reports, and other database objects |
Text file | a file that contains characters. These are used to import and export data from one application to another |
Import | to bring in files from other applications |
Pivot Chart/Table | an interactive chart or table that lets you analyze data dynamically |
Password | a string of characters assigned to a database that users must enter before they can open the database |
Encryption | the conversion and storage of the data in a database to a format that is unrecognizable (undecipherable) to a word processor or other program |
Export | to format data in such a way that it can be used by another application |
HTML | (Hypertext Markup Language) the language used to create documents on the World Wide Web |
Comma – separated file (CSV) | a text file in which commas separate values, and each line is a record containing the same number of values in the same position |
Decrypting | the translation of encrypted data in a database into a normal form that users can understand |
Delimited | a type of text file in which fields of data are separated by a character such as a comma or tab |
Attachment field | allows the user to attach external files such as workbooks, documents, and images |
Chart | a graphical representation of data shown as a bar graph, column graph, pie chart, line graph, etc. |
Embed | creating or copying an object in a form or report and preserving the object's connection to the source program which enables you to edit the object in the source program (for example, you add a spreadsheet to a form and can still edit it) |
XML | (Extensible Markup Language) a programming language that describes the data it contains and how the data should be structured and is suited to the exchange of data between different programs |