COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
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Question
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Data elements (columns or fields) are the smallest data units that cannot be broken down into other meaningful units. An example of a student data field is ____except
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NIS
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No
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. Address
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Telephone
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Work
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Bit (Character)-a bit is the smallest unit of data representation (value of a bit may be a 0 or 1). Eight bits make a byte which can represent a character or a special symbol in a character code.
Detailed explanation-2: -A bit (binary digit) is the smallest unit of data that a computer can process and store.
Detailed explanation-3: -Field: a field is a unit of data consisting of one or more characters (bytes). It is the smallest unit of meaningful information in the database. Each field has a field name that describes the kind of data that should be entered into the field.
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