| A | B |
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| database | organized collection of facts about a particular subject |
| Access | database management system that you can use independently or as part of the Office suite |
| database management system | provides functions to store, search, filter, query, and report on the data in a database |
| databae objects | tools that you need to store, maintain, search, analyze, & report on data in a database program |
| table format | each row in a table represents one record in a database |
| record | each row of data |
| fields | the items of data that make up each record |
| field name | what each field is identified by |
| primary key | one field in each table that provides a unique code or number to identify each record |
| forms | used to display one record at a time |
| queries | structured way to tell Access to search the records and retrieve data that meets certain criteria from one or more database tables |
| reports | display information retrieved from the database |
