Database Study Guide
Database Vocabulary and Helpful Information What is a database? A database is an organized collection of related information.
Things to think about:
Database: A database is an organized collection of information.
Database File: A database file is made up of related records in a database.
Field: A category of information in a database. An example of a field would be the street address category in a computerized address book.
Entry: Data that is in a field. An example of an entry would be the person's name or phone number.
Things to think about:
- Unorganized information is meaningless and difficult to use. (Example: scrambled list of universities and their mascots.)
- Organized data is easy to understand. (Same example with mascots paired with their schools.
- telephone directories
- address books
- encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Grand Haven School District
- Automated Card Catalog
- CD-ROM Encyclopedias
- Can find a specific file quickly
- Can alphabetize and sort data faster than most people
- Can filter/search for specific types of information
- Is an accurate as the data that is entered
- Can make many different types of reports
- Stores use them to keep track of inventory
- Travel agents can keep up with their customers and reservations
- Hospitals track patient information.
Database: A database is an organized collection of information.
Database File: A database file is made up of related records in a database.
Field: A category of information in a database. An example of a field would be the street address category in a computerized address book.
Entry: Data that is in a field. An example of an entry would be the person's name or phone number.