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Key Terms
Database Basics
Wild Card
100

The smallest piece of data in a database

A field 

100

Repeated or inaccurate data in database is know as this

Redundant Data

100

A cell in a table that holds a single item of data

A field 

100

a table of data that stands alone and does not link to other tables

Flat-file Database

100

A database that contains linked tables using relationships

Relational Database

200

A Database Management System

Microsoft Acess

200

Protection of data from loss, wrongful access or modification 

Data Security 

200

Used in a database application to display one record at a time on a the screen 

A Form

200

A person who creates databases

Database Engineer 

200

Unauthorised copying of software

Piracy

300

The tool within Microsoft access that allows you to create a drop down of specific data in a specific field 

Lookup Wizard 

300

ownership of intellectual property by its creator 

Copyright

300

Collection of data about one item in a database

Record

300

A person to maintains a database

Database Administrator 

300

People who deliberately intrude into computer systems without permission 

Hackers

400

an organised collection of related data

A Database
400

Check of the data to see if it is reasonable and leis within a predefined set of values 

Data Validation 

400

Presentation of specific data for printing 

Report

400

Look-up wizard, input masks and auto-number  are two examples of this

Data Validation Rules

400

19th August 1992

Ms Poynting's Birthday! 

500

a number that uniquely identifies each record in a table 

Primary Key

500

Manipulation of data in order to present a one sided view

Data bias

500

a datatype with only two possible answers e.g. Yes/No 

Boolean data

500

Types include one-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-many

Typed of relationships in a Database

500

The owner of the largest database in the world

Amazon

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