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CIS201 CH05 Terminology
Information Systems for Business Chapter 05
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05/01/2012

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Term
database
Definition
an organized collection of data
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database management system
Definition
set of programs that control the creation, maintenance, and use of databases
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field
Definition
in a relational database, a field stores data about a single characteristic of a record
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foreign key
Definition
in a relational database, a field (or fields) that reference the primary key of a related table
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primary key
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the unique identifier of a record in a relational database
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record
Definition
in a relational database, a sest of related fields in a database
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relational database
Definition
a data store that organizes data in connected two-dimensional tables
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