Database

VOCABULARY

 * Connectors--Words like OR and AND used in searching databases which indicate whether records must satisfy one rule (OR) or if both rules must be satisfied (AND).
 * Data--a general term for pieces of information that a computer processes
 * Database--a collection of data organized for search and retrieval. (Ex: telephone book, recipe fle, file cabinet, dictionary, SIMS, CD-ROM encyclopedia, on-line databases)
 * Editing--to make any change to the information in a database
 * Enter/Entering--To type an item of information into a field in a database.
 * Entry--each piece of information entered for each field or record
 * Field--a category of information for which data is given in each individual record
 * File--the entire database is also known as a database file or a collection of related records in a database
 * Operators (words or symbols)--such as less than (<), greater than ( >), or equal to( =)
 * Record--all of the information listed for one particular item (person, place or thing) in the database file. (Records are made up of fields.)
 * Report-a display (on the screen or printed on paper) of the records or parts of records that satisfy a particular search or sort.
 * Search (Find, Match)--a process used to locate all records that satisfy a statement, rule, or criterion. A compound search has 2 or more statements, rules or criteria with a connector. This process is also called find, match, filter or query in some database software.
 * Sort (Arrange)--an operation to rearrange the records in a database file in a specified alphabetical or numerical order. Records can be sorted in ascending or descending order. (Ex. of keywords that indicate a need to sort: highest, lowest, largest, smallest, most, least, greatest, or fewest)
 * Template--a pattern or form that is used repeatedly for each record in a database file (When creating a database, the template is the blank form that comes up each time you add a new record to the database.)