Managing Digital Data Review

Question	Answer
E-commerce	conducting business transactions - generally financial transactions - online
Persistent Data	data that are very rarely modified; this means the information stored within the database, disk or tape is not changed, except for special occasions
Database Management System	a combination of software and data
Database	a structured set of data
Data	raw facts
Information	data that has been organized to help us answer questions and solve problems
Information System	helps users organize and analyze data
Big Data	is a broad term for data sets so large or complex that traditional data processing applications are inadequate
Spreadsheet	an interactive computer application program for organization, analysis and storage of data in tabular form
Primary Key	a key in a relational database that is unique for each record. It is a unique identifier, such as a driver license number or telephone number. A relational database must always have one and only one primary key. Primary keys typically appear as columns in relational database tables.

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	Created by Shannon Anderson-Rush over 8 years ago