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BASICS 100

A collection of information stored in an organized form in a computer.

Q: What is a Q: What is a database?database?

BASICS 200An information request.An information request.

Q: What is a Q: What is a query?query?

BASICS 300

Arrange records in alphabetic or numeric order based on values in on or more fields.

Q: What is Q: What is sort?sort?

BASICS 400

A specialized database that combines A specialized database that combines tables of data with demographic tables of data with demographic information and displays geographic information and displays geographic and demographic data on maps.and demographic data on maps.

Q: What is Q: What is GIS?GIS?

BASICS 500 A specialized database program that automates an address/phone book, and appointment calendar, a to-do list, and miscellaneous notes.

Q: What is a Q: What is a PIM?PIM?

DATABASE OPETATIONS 100

To move data into a program from another program or source.

Q: What is a Q: What is a Import Data?Import Data?

DATABASE OPETATIONS 200

The process of finding information in a database or other data source, such as the World Wide Web.

Q: What is anQ: What is an Browse? Browse?

DATABASE OPETATIONS 300

Transmitting records and fields from a database program to another program.

Q: What are Q: What are Export Data?Export Data?

DATABASE OPETATIONS 400

Looking for all records that match a set of criteria.

Q: What is the difference between a Q: What is the difference between a Select (records)?Select (records)?

DATABASE OPETATIONS 500

A grid of rows and columns; on many Web pages tables with hidden grids are used to align graphical images

Q: What is Q: What is Table?Table?

Database Management System 100

A program that enables users to work with one file at a time.

Q: What is a Q: What is a File Manager?File Manager?

Database Management System 200

A program or system of programs that can manipulate data in a large collection of files (the database), cross-referencing between files as needed.

Q: What is a Q: What is a DBMS?DBMS?

Database Management System 300

A field that contains data that uniquely identifies the record.

Q: What is Q: What is Key Field?Key Field?

Database Management System 400

A program that allows files to be related to each other so that changes in one file are reflected in other files automatically.

Q: What is Q: What is relational relational databasedatabase??

Database Management System 500

Also called Webcasting this technology Also called Webcasting this technology involves the user subscribing to a involves the user subscribing to a service and receiving information service and receiving information periodicallyperiodically

Q: What is Q: What is push technology?push technology?

GRAB BAG 100

Looking for a specific record.

Q: What is a Q: What is a Search?Search?

GRAB BAG 200A grid of rows and columns; on many Web pages tables with hidden grids are used to align graphical images.

Q: What is Q: What is tabletable ??

GRAB BAG 300

Instead of storing records in tables and hierarchies, stores software objects that contain procedures (or instructions) with data.

Q: What is Q: What is object-orientedobject-oriented databasedatabase ??

GRAB BAG 400The crime, committed by hackers or The crime, committed by hackers or other unscrupulous individuals, of other unscrupulous individuals, of obtaining enough information about obtaining enough information about a person to assume his or her a person to assume his or her identity, often as a prelude to identity, often as a prelude to illegally using the victim’s credit illegally using the victim’s credit cards.cards.

Q: What is Q: What is Identity Theft?Identity Theft?

GRAB BAG 500

A query language available for many different database management systems. More than a query language, SQL also accesses databases from a wide variety of vendors.

Q: What are Q: What are SQL?SQL?

Database Trends 100

Data records with spelling mistakes, incorrect or obsolete values, or other errors.

Q: What is Q: What is dirty data?dirty data?

Database Trends 200

A database housed in a mainframe computer, accessible only to information-processing personnel.

Q: What is Q: What is centralized centralized databasedatabase ??

Database Trends 300

Client programs in desktop Client programs in desktop computers send information computers send information requests through a network to requests through a network to server databases on mainframes, server databases on mainframes, minicomputers or desktop minicomputers or desktop computers; the server fills requests computers; the server fills requests from clients for data and other from clients for data and other resources.resources.

Q: What is Q: What is client/server?client/server?

Database Trends 400Software used to create and maintain Software used to create and maintain large databaseslarge databases

Q: What is a Q: What is a data Warehouse?data Warehouse?

Database Trends 500

Data strewn out across networks on several different computers.

Q: What is a Q: What is a Distributed Distributed Database?Database?

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Beekman, G., 2001, Computer Confluence: exploring tomorrow’s technology, Prentice Hall, New Jersey

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ITGS Syllabus (1997)

Shelly, G.B.,Cashman, T. J., Vermaat, M. E.,2003, Discovering computers: concepts for a digital world, Thomson, Boston

Webopedia, 2002, http://www.webopedia.com/, JupiterMedia (5 Nov 2002)