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This document discusses key concepts related to databases and data storage, including: - Data refers to individual pieces of information, while meaning/context is needed to transform data into information. - Examples of data types that could be stored in a student database include gender as a Boolean, age as an integer, hair color as alphanumeric text, and height as a real number. - A database stores information about individuals or objects in records organized into tables. Key fields uniquely identify each record and prevent duplicate data. - Flat file databases contain a single table while relational databases connect multiple tables through key fields, reducing data duplication.

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Key Terms

This document discusses key concepts related to databases and data storage, including: - Data refers to individual pieces of information, while meaning/context is needed to transform data into information. - Examples of data types that could be stored in a student database include gender as a Boolean, age as an integer, hair color as alphanumeric text, and height as a real number. - A database stores information about individuals or objects in records organized into tables. Key fields uniquely identify each record and prevent duplicate data. - Flat file databases contain a single table while relational databases connect multiple tables through key fields, reducing data duplication.

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Key terms

On its own 130515 means nothing- its just a piece of data


You need to add format/structure and context to data for it to make sense this
gives the data meaning
For example:
-130515 = data
-13/05/15 = data with format/structure which tells us this is a date
-10/05/15 = this is the date of the ICT exam next year
If we know what data means we have information

DATA + MEANING =INFORMATION


Gender is a Boolean
EST age is an integer
Hair colour is an alphanumeric
Height is a real
Eye colour is an alphanumeric

The Information should stores about me is kept in a record as part of a database


Each piece of information they keep about me is stored in a databaseTwo
examples of fields used by school to store my information are age and gender

A key field
is a field
that is
unique for
a
particular
record in a
database
An
example is
a file of
children in
a school
These are needed to make each record unique
A flat file database only contain one table of data. One record is the complete
information about a product
An advantage is they are simple to create
2 disadvantages of a flat file database are when a record is deleted a lot of data
may be deleted and there is often a lot of duplicate data in a table. It wastes
time repeating same data
A relational database is where not all the info is stored in a file or tables instead
its stored in serval tabs with links to others.
An advantage is that the data is not repeated

2 disadvantages are that it can get complicated and that it can be hard to use
2 fields are reg number and make
The key field is the reg number

Carrying on
A key field is a unique piece of data in a record also known as a primary
key
A flat file database which consists of only one file (table)
A relational database is a database which consists of more than one file
(table)

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