Key Terms for Database

1.) Field: each discrete chunk of information in a database record.

Social and Ethical Issues: Privacy and Security
Area(s) of Impact: Business and Government

2.) Key field: a field that contains data that uniquely identifies the record.

Social and Ethical Issues: Privacy and Security
Area(s) of Impact: Business and government


3.) Record: The information relating to one person, product, or event.

Social and Ethical Issues: Privacy and Security
Area(s) of Impact: Business and government


4.)Search: Looking for a specific record.

Social and Ethical Issues: Privacy
Area(s) of Impact: Business and government


5.)query: An information request.

Social and Ethical Issues: Privacy
Area(s) of Impact: Business and government


6.) Sort: Arrange records in alphabetic or numeric order based on values in one or more fields.

Social and Ethical Issues: Privacy and Security
Area(s) of Impact: Business and government


7.) Database management system: A program or system of programs that can manipulate data in a large collection of files (the database), cross-referencing between files as needed.

Social and Ethical Issues: privacy and security
Area(s) of Impact: Business and government


8.) Mail merge: A feature of a word processor or other program that enables it to merge names and addresses from a database mailing list into personalized form letters and mailings.

Social and Ethical Issues: security and privacy
Area(s) of Impact: Business and government


9.) Relational database: A program that allows files to be related to each other so changes in one file are reflected in other files automatically.

Social and Ethical Issues:privacy/ security
Area(s) of Impact: Business and government