| A | B |
| ascending | alphabetical order (A-Z or 0-9) |
| connectors | Words like AND or OR |
| field name | title or label at the top of a category |
| logical field | yes or no, true or false |
| operators | <, >, <=, contains |
| sorting | place in a certain order |
| text field | field that contains alphanumeric data |
| database | application software used for organizing data (like a file cabinet) |
| entry | piece of data entered in a database |
| field | category of related information |
| numeric field | contains mainly numeric data |
| record | complete set of field entries |
| filtering | temporarily removing unwanted information |
| wildcards | * symbol used if you don't know the spelling of a word |
| EST words | used in sorting a database |
| Query | request or question |