FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

Detailed explanation-1: -Information about each item in a database is called a record. Elements of an individual record are called fields. Fields can be used as points of access when searching a database.

Detailed explanation-2: -A field: Contains data about one aspect of the table subject, such as first name or e-mail address. A field value: Each record has a field value. For example, Contoso, Ltd. or someoneexample.com.

Detailed explanation-3: -A field is an attribute of a record in a database table. You can think of a field like the “heading” of a column, or a label on a container of values.

Detailed explanation-4: -Database-is an integrated collection of logically related records or files. A database consolidates records previously stored in separate files into a common pool of data records that provides data for many applications. The data is managed by systems software called database management systems (DBMS).

Detailed explanation-5: -archives, also called records or record office, repository for an organized body of records produced or received by a public, semipublic, institutional, or business entity in the transaction of its affairs and preserved by it or its successors.