Flashcards
database keywords
Cards in this deck (12)
- 1Database SoftwareDatabase software is a software program or utility used for creating, editing and maintaining database files and records
- 2TableIt stores all of the records for a particular category.
- 3FieldIt's one pice of data or information about a person or 'thing'.
- 4DatatypeFormat in which the information is stored.
- 5RecordA record is all of the data about one person or one thing.
- 6Design ViewIt's where you see the structure of the table rather than the contents.
- 7Datasheet viewA different way of looking at the information.
- 8QueryA query is a request for information from a database which matches a set of criteria.
- 9Interrogate/SearchWhen you wish to extract some information out of a database, you "interrogate" the database.
- 10SortIt's to arrange a list of items in some logical manner. An example would be ascending.
- 11CriteriaIt's where queries find specific data.
- 12ReportA report is a document that presents data in an easy-to-read, professional format.