REVIEW M2_2024 GR8

Sequence of characters that can be text, numbers or symbols; quotation marks around the characters define it as a string.

• Index

• Data item

• String

• Array

Datasets that are too large or complex for traditional data-processing applications, e.g. databases or spreadsheets, to process.

• Process

• Database

• 5Vs

• Big Data

Database that stores data using two or more linked tables.

• Platform

• Relational database

• Spreadsheet model

• Data type

Hardware and operating system that runs an application.

• Platform

• Data type

• Global Positioning System (GPS)

• Database

Carry out the instructions described in a computer program.

• Character

• Algorithm

• Execute

• Cast

Error that occurs when data is being entered into a database.

• Entity

• Data redundancy

• Relational database

• Data-entry error

When data is unnecessarily repeated in a database.

• Flat-file database

• Table

• Data redundancy

• Data-entry error

Initial product created for testing and reviewing, before a final product is released.

• Process

• Database

• Prototype

• Cast

Sub-program that can exist as part of a bigger program.

• Function

• Data item

• Character

• Algorithm

Set of facts or figures that are set out in a column and row structure.

• Flat-file database

• Table

• Data redundancy

• Data-entry error