DATABASE VOCABULARY

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Access: the Microsoft program used to create a database

Append: Adding data to the end of a table
Ascending Order: sorting items from lowest to smallest
Autonumber field: A field that automatically stores a numeric value, greater
than the one before it
5. Currency field: A field that stores dollar amounts
6. Database: An organized collection of related data
7. Datasheet: The data for a table organized with fields in columns and
records in rows
8. Datasheet View: Use to display the basic structure of a table in a datasheet,
with fields in columns and records in rows
9. Date/time Field: A field that stores a date or time
10.Descending Order: In order from highest to lowest
11.Design View: The table view that shows the field definition for a table
12.Entry: The data for a field
13.Field: A column in a table; used to store data
14.Filtering: Displaying records based on a specified criteria
15.Fixed: A field format that displays a value to specific number of decimals
places
16.Form: A database object used for entering records into a table, and for
viewing existing records
17.Form view: Used for entering records with a form
18.Format: The way data in a field is displayed
19.General number: A field format that displays a number; exactly as typed
20.Hyper-linked field: A field that stores a link to a file, e-mail address, or web
site address
21.Landscape Orientation: A print setting; that uses the widest part of the
paper to print across
22.Layout View: The view used for formatting a form
23.Long Integer: a field size that indicates a whole number
24.Lookup field: A field that stores data; retrieved from a field in another table
25.Name: Word or words, used to describe the data stored in a field
26.Number Field: A field that only stores numeric values
27.Populating a Database: Adding record to a database
28.Portrait orientation: A print setting that uses the narrowest part of the
paper to print across
29.Primary Key: A field in a table that is designated to contain unique data
30.Record: A set of data for field s in a table
31.Size: The number of characters or the type of number a field can store
32.Sorting: Placing records in a specified order
33.Table: a database object that stores related data organized into rows and
columns
34.Text Field: A filed that stores character such as letter, symbols, words, or a
combination of letters and numbers
35.Type: How a field is classified
36.Updating: Modifying a record
37.YES/NO Field: A field that is either selected or not selected to represent
yes/no, true/false or on/off.

38.Query: A question you ask the database