Chapter 3 Key Terms

Description

Chapter 3 key terms
Shauna Brinker
Flashcards by Shauna Brinker, updated 8 months ago
Shauna Brinker
Created by Shauna Brinker 8 months ago
3
0

Resource summary

Question Answer
Aggregation Relationship A special-purpose UML notation representing the relationship between two classes that are often considered together, such as when a sports league is made up of a collection of teams.
Association UML symbol that depicts the relationship between two classes; it is modeled as a solid line that connects two classes in a model.
Attributes Data elements that describe instances in a class, very much like fields in a database table; characteristics, properties, or adjectives that describe each class.
Business Rule Data elements that describe instances in a class, very much like fields in a database table; characteristics, properties, or adjectives that describe each class.
Cardinalities See multiplicities
Class Any separately identifiable collection of things (objects) about which the organization wants to collect and store information.
Class Diagrams Structure models prepared using UML notation.
Composition Relationship A special-purpose UML notation representing the relationship between two classes that are often considered together, similar to aggregation relationships, except in composition relationships, one class cannot exist without the other, such as a book and the chapters that compose the book.
Constraints Optional or mandatory guidance about how a process should perform in certain situations.
Data Models A graphic representation of the conceptual contents of databases; data models support communication about database contents between users and designers of the database.
Entities The people, things, and events in the domain of interest; in UML notation, entities are modeled as classes.
Foreign Key (FK) Attribute that allows database tables to be linked together; foreign keys are the primary keys of other tables placed in the current table to support the link between the two tables.
Generalization Relationship A special-purpose UML symbol that supports grouping of things that share common characteristics; it reduces redundancy because the shared characteristics need only be modeled once.
Multiplicities UML symbols that describe the minimum and maximum number of times an instance of one class can be associated with instances of another class for a specific association between those two classes; they indicate whether the two classes are part of one-to-one, one-to-many, or many-to-many relationships.
Primary Key (PK) An attribute or a combination of attributes that uniquely identifies an instance of a class in a data model or a specific row in a table.
Relationship The business purpose for the association between two classes or two database tables
Structure Model A conceptual depiction of a database, such as a UML class model or an entity-relationship model.
Show full summary Hide full summary

Similar

Chapter 3 key terms
QUINLAN WILSON
Chapter 3 key terms
Stephanie Poole
Chapter 3 Key Words Accounting Information Systems Design & Analysis
Joel Johnson
Chapter 3 Key Terms
JACKSON BOEVE
Chapter 3 Key Terms
Regan Deckinger
Federal Income Taxes- Individual (BUS 419) Chapter 3 Key Terms
Lucille Lamberson
Chapter 4 Key Terms
Stephanie Spearman
QBO Chapter 6 Key Terms
QUINLAN WILSON
BUS 342 AIS CH05 KEY TERMS
Kirsten Graves
QBO Chapter 9 key terms
Stephanie Poole
QBO Chapter 7 key terms
Stephanie Poole