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Relational database management systems (DBMS)

Data is collected into tables, input edited and output via forms and reports

Entity: approximation for a noun (person, place, thing, etc)t


Attribute: property of an entity

Each column represents a field (attribute or characteristic of an entity)


Each row represents a record (instance or occurrence of an entity)

Relationship: Association between entities

One-to-many (a sales rep manages many customers, but customers can only have
one sales rep)

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Unary operator: NOT [NOT TRUE = FALSE, NOT FALSE = TRUE]
Binary operator: [AND (only true if both), OR (only true if one)]
Boolean expression: evaluates true or false
[ac 119: Figure 3-16 access comparison operators]

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