 | Term | Definition |
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Record |
Contains All The Information About One Item , eg A Person |
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Field |
One Piece Of Information On A Record eg a name |
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Simple Search |
To Find Records Using Only One Field Eg age |
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Complex Search |
To Find Records using 2 or more Fields eg age and class |
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Simple Sort |
To put the Records In Order using only one field Eg sort in order of age |
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Complex Sort |
To Put The records In order using 2 or more fields, Eg sort in order of surname and then by First Name |
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Record Format |
How the record is displayed eg displayed in columns, headings in bold |
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Field Type |
Describes the type of data to be held in a field Eg text , number and date |
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Computed Field |
A field which Performs Calculations using the data from other fields, Eg Rate Per Hour Field * Hours Worked Field |
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Screen Input Format |
How the user Will view records as they key in Data Eg as individual records or as a table |
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Output Format |
How the database will be printed eg In columns, as individual records or as a table |
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