WHAT D IS RAW, UNPROCESSED FACTS AND FIGURES COLLECTED, STORED AND PROCESSED BY COMPUTERS.

DATA

WHAT A DESCRIBES INFORMATION BELONGING TO AN ENTITY

ATTRIBUTE

WHAT FF IS A DATABASE WHERE ALL THE DATA IS HELD IN A SINGLE TABLE AND STORED AS A SINGLE FILE

FLAT FILE

WHAT E REPRESENTS A PERSON OR OBJECT

ENTITY

WHAT PK IS THE FIELD THAT UNIQUELY IDENTIFIES ONE RECORD FROM ALL OTHER RECORDS IN A DATABASE

PRIMARY KEY

WHAT FK IS A FIELD WHICH IS A PRIMARY KEY IN ANOTHER TABLE

FOREIGN KEY

WHAT F IS AN OBJECT USED TO ENTER NEW DATA INTO A RELATIONAL DATABASE?

FORM

WHAT RC IS A VALIDATION CHECK THAT CAN BE PERFORMED ON DATA

RESTRICTED CHOICE

WHAT F IN A DATABASE REPRESENTS A COLUMN IN A TABLE

FIELD

WHAT RC IS A VALIDATION CHECK THAT CAN BE PERFORMED ON DATA USUALLY BETWEEN TWO LIMITS EG 1-100

RANGE CHECK

WHAT RD IS WHERE TWO OR MORE TABLES ARE LINKED BY SHARING A COMMON ATTRIBUTE

RELATIONAL DATABASE

WHAT V IS TO MAKE SURE THE DATE IS CORRECT

VERIFY

WHAT H IS A TYPE OF FILING SYSTEM THAT LOOKS SIMILAR TO THE DIAGRAM BELOW

HIERARCHICAL

WHAT M IS A TYPE OF DATABASE THAT CONTAINS TEXT, SOUND, VIDEO, ANIMATION AND GRAPHICS

MULTIMEDIA

WHAT H IS AN OFFENCE UNDER THE COMPUTER MISUSE ACT

HACKING

WHAT R IS THE NAME GIVEN TO THE LINK BETWEEN 2 TABLES

RELATIONSHIP

WHAT VC CONTROLS THE WAY DATA IS ENTERED INTO A DATABASE

VALIDATION CHECK

WHAT S ALLOWS YOU TO FIND CERTAIN RECORDS IN A DATABASE BY SELECTING THE CRITERIA TO LOOK FOR

SEARCH

WHAT CMA IS A LAW WHICH ALLOWS COMPUTER CRIMINALS LIKE THE CREATORS OF VIRUSES TO BE PROSECUTED

COMPUTER MISUSE ACT

WHAT UI ALLOWS FOR THE EASY ENTRY, RETRIEVAL, MODIFICATION AND OUTPUT OF DATA

USER INTERFACE