| A | B |
| Memo Field | Used for information that does not fit easily into a category such as notes or comments |
| Numeric Field | Used to store purely numeric information |
| Object Field | Used for other media types that might include a picture of an employee or product, a sound file, a clip-art image, or any other type of non-text entry |
| Operators | Words or symbols such as less than (<), greater than (>), or equal to (=) |
| Record | A complete set of field entries |
| Record Number | The number that identifies the sequence of a record in a database |
| Report | A display of records or parts of records that satisfy a particular search or sort |
| Sorting | Arranging information in alphabetical or numerical order |
| Text Field | Used to store alphanumeric information |
| Wildcards | The * symbol or asterisk is considered this. Use this if you don't know the spelling of a word or you want to search plurals or variations fo a word. |