FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

DATABASE FUNDAMENTALS

WHAT IS DATABASE MANAGEMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
An ordered set of data constituting a record is called
A
Attribute
B
Row
C
Tuple
D
Field
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A tuple is equivalent to row. A relational database, a row also called a tuple represents a single, implicitly structured data item in a table. A database table can be thought of as consisting of rows and columns. In relational databases, a tuple is one record (one row).

Detailed explanation-2: -A row, or record, is also known as a tuple. The columns in a table is a field and is also referred to as an attribute. You can also think of it this way: an attribute is used to define the record and a record contains a set of attributes.

Detailed explanation-3: -In computer science, a record (also called a structure, struct, or compound data) is a basic data structure. Records in a database or spreadsheet are usually called “rows". A record is a collection of fields, possibly of different data types, typically in a fixed number and sequence.

Detailed explanation-4: -Records are similar to tuples, in that they group together various data elements. A record has fields, and these are named. While tuples are an ordered collection of data values, a tuple is an unordered collection of labeled data values.

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