Computing - Databases

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S I V P R A H C O N S I S T E N C Y X D I
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U F N G S V E R I F I C A T I O N R U E F
V J H E A G H G N A S R V R W S W R K H M
V R E L A T I O N A L D A T A B A S E R F
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A C Y S E Q U E N T I A L F I L E X O S I
D A T A H A N D L I N G S O F T W A R E C
A M T K I F K M H F R C F F V U H X X S X
H D A T A R E D U N D A N C Y Q Y O X C S
L Y H D X R R O P H T C V B U R E H Q G D
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J B E P U G P L D G F H Y Y R P B V J E I
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Clues

  • A serial file order (maybe based on an account number), lot faster to find data (10, 4)
  • Can be set up to reject any data that does not conform to specified rules (4, 8, 8)
  • Database consisting of one table. Easily be set up (4, 4, 8)
  • Hundreds of people could be looking at a database at one time (availability to many). To avoid problems - record locking mechanism, when one user is looking at a record, no one else can change it but they can look at it. Prevents conflicting updates. (11)
  • Process of checking that data is true/correct. By human inspection or automated with barcodes, OCR, RFID, Magnetic strips or smart cards (12)
  • Stores data in tables. Each table contains data about one entity. A table is called a relation. (10, 8)
  • The unnecessary repetition of data. Leads to complex processing problems and is inefficient (4, 10)
  • Transaction must take the database from one valid state to another (11)
  • User friendly face that users of the database can see (8, 4, 4)
  • When data reflects reality - being as it should be/what is expected (4, 9)

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