Databases 01- Introduction

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What is a database?
A database is a persistant organised store of related data
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What handles the database?
The database is hamdles by software
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What must a database be able to do?
The database must be able to CRUD (Create, Update and Delete Data)
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What is a serial file?
A serial file is data stored one after the other
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What is a sequential file?
A sequential file is a serial file except in order
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What is an entity?
An entity is something that we store data about in a database
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What is an attribute?
An attribute us something about an entity
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What is a field?
A field is a characteristic of something stored in a database.
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What is a record?
A record is all of the data about one item in a database.
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