Access Computer Terminology

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Organizes data as a collection of tables
DBMS
A collection of related tables
Relational database
The specific content of a field
Field value
Connects the records in separate tables
Common field
A single characteristic or attribute of a person,place, object,event, or idea
Field
A primary key from one table that is used to form a relationship with a second table
Foreign key
A collection of fields that describe a person, place, object , event or idea
Table
A field or collectin of fields whose values uniquely identify each record in a table
Primary key
A question you ask about data stored in a database
Query
A formatted printout (or screen display) of the contents of one or more tables
Report
To rearrange the data and objects in a database file, to decrease its file size
Compact
The process of making a copy of the database file to protect your data against loss or damage
Back up
When you store data in more than one place
Data redundancy
Determine what field values you can enter for a field
Data type
Access forces yu to enter a value for the primary key in every record
Entity integrity