Databases

The data definition, as described in the data dictionary, tells users how each unit of data is defined in the database. Which of the following elements will be used to describe the data?

-what field name will the data fall under -what data type will be included

When you make an online purchase and enter your shipping or billing information, you're actually filling out a form that was generated by a database management system. The DBMS subsystem that allows for form creation is the ___ generation subsystem.

Application

Because he wanted to be able to sort gifts according to continent and time zone, in 1984 Santa switched from using long lists to using ___ .

Databases

An integral part of a databases management system (DBMS) is the Data Definition subsection. This subsection uses a data schema, also called a data ___ .

Dictionary

A database that stores data in different physical locations and that users access though client/server networks is called a ___ database.

Distributed

Databases are built by starting with single characters of data, organizing the data into fields, organizing the related fields into records, the records then make up a table. This organization is referred to as a data ___ .

Hierarchy

Because Microsoft Access includes not only the software needed to create a database, but also the software needed to create forms, reports, data dictionaries and other capabilities, it is often referred to as a Database ___ System.

Management

A link between tables in a relational database that defines how the data is related is called a _____.

Relationship

In the datasheet view of a relational database (such as Microsoft Access) a row of information is called a ___ .

record

In a database a _____ is a group of related characters in a database table that represents a characteristic of someone or something.

Field