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DATABASE FUNDAMENTALS

Directions: Record notes while viewing the Database Fundamentals Power Point

Main Topic:
Definition:
Organization
of a Database

Business Uses of Databases

Can you associate company names with the database examples?

Telephone book: Customer data: ____________________

Student Data: Real estate listings: _________________

Music: Hospital/patient data: _______________

Fingerprints: Inventory: _________________________

Dictionaries: : ____________________

Four
Database Objects:
Just list the Queries,
names of 1. Forms, and
the objects Reports will
here; don’t be discussed
worry about 2. in 5.02
definitions
yet.
3.

4.
Tables
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Tables: the Building Blocks of all Databases

Record – Definition and Example

Field – Definition and Example

Table
Components

Entry – Definition and Example

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1. What are the field names?

2. What is the name of the table?

3. How many records are there?

4. How many entries are there?

5. Describe the contents of one record.

Describe the contents of one field.