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| An organized collection of logically related data |
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| Stored representations of objects and events that have meaning and importance in the user's environment. |
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| Data that have been processed in such a way as to increase the knowledge of the person who uses the data |
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| Data that describes the properties or characteristics of end-user data and the context of those data. |
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| An application program (or set of related programs) that is used to perform a series of data activities (create, read, update, and delete) on behalf of the database users. |
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| Graphical systems used to capture the nature and relationships among data. |
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| A person, a place, an object, and event, or a concept in the user environment about which the organization wishes to maintain data. |
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| A database that represents data as a collection of tables in which all data relationships are represented by common values in related tables. |
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| Database Management System (DBMS) |
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| A software system that is used to create, maintain, and provide controlled access to user databases |
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| The separation of data descriptions from the application programs that use the data. |
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| A logical description of some portion of the database that is require by a user to perform some task. |
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| A technical function that is responsible for physical database design and for dealing with technical issues, such as security enforcement, database performance, and backup and recovery. |
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| A high-level function that is responsible for the overall management of data resources in an organization, including maintaining corporate-wide definition and standards. |
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| A rule that cannot be violated by database users. |
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| Computer-aided Software Engineering (CASE) Tools |
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| Software tools that provide automated support for some position or the systems development process. |
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| A centralized knowledge base for all data definitions, data relationships, screen and report formats, and other system components. |
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| The first step in database development, in which the scope and general contents of organization database are specified. |
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| System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) |
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| The traditional methodology used to develop, maintain, and replace information systems. |
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| A detailed, technology-independent specification of the overall structure of organizational data. |
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| The representation of a database for a particular data management technology. |
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| Specifications for how data from a logical schema are stored in a computer's secondary memory by a database management system |
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| An iterative process of systems development in which requirements are converted to a working system that is continually revised through close work between analysis and users. |
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| Agile Software Development |
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| An approach to data base and software development that emphasizes "individuals and interactions over processes and tools, working software over comprehensive documentation, customer collaboration over contract negotiation, and response to change over following a plan." |
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| Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) |
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| A business management system that integrates all functions of the enterprise, such as manufacturing, sales, finance, marketing, inventory, accounting, and human resources. ERP systems are software applications that provide the data necessary for the enterprise to examine and manage its activities. |
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| An integrated decision support database whose content is derived from the various operational databases. |
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| A property or characteristic of an entity or relationship type that is of interest to the organization |
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