Databases Flashcards

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5 database datatypes

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Number: Used for both integers and real numbers
Text: Used for both strings and chars
Date/Time: Used for the date and/or time
Boolean: Yes/No or True/False
Currency: Used for money
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field

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One piece of information about an object

column

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record

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A collection of fields about the same object

row

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table

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collection of records about the same entity

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5
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primary key

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field that uniquely identifies each record

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database

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persistent and structured collection of data

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