Managing Data

Question 1

Character/Byte

Answer 1

1. the smallest possible item you can see on a screen is character
2. the number 1, is a character and seen on the screen
3. for the number 1, inside the computer is binary 00000001

Question 2

Field/Attribute

Answer 2

1. holds a single value for an object
2. eg. a field in a database is firstName
3. eg. another field in a database is LastName

Question 3

Record

Answer 3

1. shows the data for one object
2. Sequence of elements
3. usually viewed in a single row
4. eg in a row might be the following