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| a collection of information stored in an organized form on a computer |
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| a software tool used for organizing and retrieving information in a database |
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| a collection of related information |
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| the information related to one person, product, or event |
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| Each piece of information in a record |
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| they display values calculated from values in other numeric fields |
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| Shows one record at a time |
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| Shows several records in a list |
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| the way databases get information from word processors, spreadsheets, and other databases |
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| an ordered list of selected records and fields in an easy-to-read format |
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| Is the language used to request information with language that is more precise than english |
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| Structured Query Language (SQL) |
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| A standard language that is used for programming complex queries |
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| Geographical information systems (GIS) |
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| allows for anyone to combine tables of data |
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| Personal information manager |
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| A program that can automate address and phone books, appointment calendars, to-do lists and miscellaneous notes |
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| a program that allows the user to work with one file at a time |
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| Database-management system (DBMS) |
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| a program or system of programs that can manipulate data in large collections of files |
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| a program that allows tables to be related to each other so that changes in one table are reflected in other tables automatically |
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| a way for people to accumulate information and feed them into a computer in large batches |
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| Users are able to interact with data and change information in real time |
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| An easier way for the client to access the information with a simpler user interface then a normal database |
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| They are large, relatively expensive and centralized but they give users direct access to data |
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| databases that spread data across networks on several different computers rather than store it in one central site |
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| the discovery and extraction of hidden predictive information from large databases. |
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| a newer, more powerful data description language that was designed with database access in mind. |
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| databases that can store any sort of basic information |
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| Customer relationship management (CRM) |
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| software systems for organizing and tracking information on customers |
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| data that contains errors |
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| the process of going through a database and eliminating dirty data |
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| Object-oriented databases |
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| store objects, like pictures and their descriptions |
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| queries that can be made in regular english |
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| the physical proximity to a person or knowledge about that person |
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| matching information from multiple databases that have one thing in common |
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| not actually in the constitution, but is implied by other constitutional guarantees |
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| Code of Fair Information Practices |
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| there can be no secret government databases and the people should be able to see the information stored about them on government databases |
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