Computer and Problem Solving

Session 16: Databases and DBMS

HIERARCHY OF DATA
Cell???

Field (or Data Field)

a unit of data storage space
allocated by a designer
to store a single instance of a type of data
(e.g. John Stewart is an instance of the NAME field).

it is then the smallest unit of datathat can be

retrieved *McLeod et al 06+
in a single data request

HIERARCHY OF DATA
Some database concepts defined
Database is made up of ______ Table
Table: Group of records ____________
Record: Group of _________ fields

MANIPULATING DATA

Key
Field

Key field:
Identifier field
used to retrieve, update, sort a record

Database (formal definition)

collection of data
organized to serve ___________________
efficient due to
centralization of data
controls on redundant data

Relational Database