| A | B |
|---|
| ascending order | records organized in low to high or alphabetical order |
| database file | a collection of data (records) pertaining to a particular topic or purpose |
| descending order | high to low |
| field | data that is related to the record |
| field entry | actual data or information in text format |
| form | order and placement of the fields in a record as they would appear on paper |
| record | a single item in a database, containing many fields |
| report | print out specific information requested |
| search | locating records containing specified information |
| sorting | placing records in a specific order based on the data stored in a key sort field |
| query | limiting the number of records displayed to those, which meet certain criteria, ie.--questioning |
| telephone book | manual database |
| class addresses | electronic database |
| I like it! | What I say when someone asks me what I think about Access |
| Access 97 | Microsoft database |
