Database Systems Chapter 1

Data and information are essentially the same thing.

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Data processing can be as simple as organizing data to reveal patterns.

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Data is the result of processing raw facts to reveal its meaning.

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When data are entered into a form and saved, they are placed in the underlying database as knowledge.

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Data constitute the building blocks of information.

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Metadata describe the data characteristics and the set of relationships that links the data found within the database.

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The only way to access the data in a database is through the DBMS.

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Database programming languages receive all application requests and translate them into the complex operations required to fulfill those requests.

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The DBMS reveals much of the database’s internal complexity to the application programs and users.

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One disadvantage of the DBMS is that it increases the risk of data security breaches.

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