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Topic 8: Database
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- 1What is a database?An organised collection of related data
- 2What is a field?A single item of data within a record
- 3What is a record?Consists of a collection of related fields
- 4What is a file?A collection of related fields
- 5What is a key field and its purpose?Uniquely identifies each record
It's purpose is to refer to an individual record, this is regularly in the form of an ID no., membership no. or bar code - 6What is a report?A printed document that contains data from the database, which is organised in some sort of way
- 7What is a Form?Used to make entry of data more appealing and secure than entering into raw tables
- 8What does a query do?Specifies what records you are searching for
- 9In which way can you sort data?Ascending (A-Z)
Descending (Z-A)
Alphabetical/Numerical order
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- Flashcards on Topic 8: Database, created by wisbk003 on 13/02/2015.
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