DATABASE FUNDAMENTALS
WHAT IS DATABASE MANAGEMENT
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Logically connected set of one or more fields that describes a person, place or thing.
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A collection of related records
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Data have a little meaning unless they have been organized in some logical manner
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A character or group of characters (alphanumeric) that has a specific meaning. Used to define and store data
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Detailed explanation-1: -Alphanumeric (AN) Alphanumeric fields are limited to the alphabetic characters (A) and the numeric characters (N). The field data is left justified and blank filled. Alphanumeric/Special (ANS) Alphanumeric/Special fields are limited to the alphabetic (A), numeric (N), and special printable (S) characters.
Detailed explanation-2: -Char is a data type for storing alphanumeric characters. An array of chars, usually one-dimensional, is called a string. Strings are assembled using apostrophes on both sides, but brackets can also be used to concatenate strings.
Detailed explanation-3: -Alphanumeric characters refers to the 26-letter Latin alphabet, the numerical digits from 0-9, and sometimes special characters including , #, and *. These characters are often used in passwords to information systems or in filenames.
Detailed explanation-4: -Explanation: TEXT data type contains all types of text data type. It comprises more than single byte character that is supported by the system. The text data type contains all types of character ranging from alphabetical to numerical to special as well.