| A | B | 
| fields | catagories of information | 
| entry | data in a field | 
| record | all of the information about one item. | 
| sort | arrange data in a particular order such as alphabetical. | 
| ascending | alphabetical or numerical order from A-Z & 0-9. | 
| descending | data the opposite of ascending order. (Z-A & 9-0) | 
| search, query or filter | method to find specific data within a database that meets certain conditions or criteria | 
| database | organized collection of related information. | 
| connectors | words such as AND or OR | 
| template | a pattern or form that is used repeatedly for each record in a database file | 
| file | the entire database is also known as a database file | 
| comparison operators | >,<,=,and,or | 
| primary key | The field that is used as an unique identifier. | 
| primary sort | A type of sort that is performed after the primary sort is defined. |