Database Vocabulary Sheet

Term

What does it mean?

1.

Database

Database management systems

(DBMSs) are computer software applications that
interact with the user, other applications, and
the database itself to capture and analyze data. A
general-purpose DBMS is designed to allow the
definition, creation, querying, update, and
administration of databases.
Refers to data arranged in rows and columns.
A spreadsheet, for example, is a table. In
relational database management systems, all
information is stored in the form of tables.

Tables

Electronic forms are especially common on

the World Wide Web because
the HTML language has built-in codes for
displaying form elements such as text fields
and check boxes. Typically, the data entered
into a Web-based form is processed by
a CGI program.
A database query can be either a select query or
an action query. A select query is simply a data
retrieval query. An action query can ask for
additional operations on the data, such as
insertion, updating or deletion.

Forms

Queries

A formatted and organized presentation

of data. Most database management
systems include a report writer that enables
you to design and generate reports.

Reports
Macros

1.

A macro in computer science is a rule or

pattern that specifies how a certain input sequence
should be mapped to a replacement output
sequence according to a defined procedure.
Where the word modular represents in
sections or designed for easy change and
expansion, the term modular computer refers to
a multiprocessing computer system where
processing, memory, and peripheral units can be
added or removed without disrupting its operation.

Modules

Field

1.

In computer science, data that has

several parts can be divided into fields. Relational
databases arrange data as sets of database
records, also called rows. Each record consists of
several fields; the fields of all records form the
columns.

Record

1.

In computer science, data that has

several parts can be divided into fields. Relational
databases arrange data as sets of database
records, also called rows. Each record consists of
several fields; the fields of all records form the
columns.

Data Type

1.

In computer science
and computer programming, a data type or simply
type is a classification identifying one of
various types of data, such as real, integer or
Boolean, that determines the possible values for
that type; the operations that can be done on

Primary Key

values of that type; the meaning of the data; and

the way values ...
A primary key is a special relational database table
column (or combination of columns) designated to
uniquely identify all table records.