M4: IT

Collection of data organized in a manner that allows access, retrieval, and use of that data.

• Data

• Database

• Database software

Collection of unprocessed items

• Data

• Database

• Information

Collection of processed data.

• Data

• Database

• Information

Often called a database management system (DBMS), allows users to:

• Create a computerized database.

• Add, modify, and delete data.

• Sort and retrieve data.

• Create forms and reports from the data.

• Data

• Database software

• Database

Identifies the quality of the data.

• GIGO

• Valuable Information

• Data Integrity

Points out the accuracy of a computer’s output depends on the accuracy of the input.

• GIGO

• Data Integrity

• Valuable Information

uniquely identifies each record

• Primary Key

• Data Model

• Field

a window on the screen that provides areas for entering or modifying data in a database

• Form

• Data Model

• Data Analyst

Consists of rules and standards that define how the database organizes data

• Data Model

• Field

• Form

Combination of one or more related characters.

• Bit

• Fields

• Form