| A | B |
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| field | a single piece of information about something |
| record | all the related information about one thing or person |
| file | all the data on one topic |
| report | a printout from a database |
| card layout | displays information one record at a time |
| list layout | displays information in columns as a table |
| search | to find information that matches certain conditions |
| sort | to put information into order |
| ascending | data organised from smallest to largest or from A-Z |
| descending | data organised from largest to smalles or from Z-A |
| simple search | matches data on one field only |
| complex search | matches data in more than one field |
| insert | to add a new record or field |
| delete | to remove a record |
| amend | to change the contents of a field |
| text | a datatype that can contain letters and symbols |
| numeric | a data type that contains numbers only |
| date | a data type to store dates like 12/03/98 |
| computed field | a single piece of information calculated by a formula, sometimes using data from other fields |
| field data | the information entered into a field |
| keyfield | a unique piece of information used to identify a record |
| database | a large organised collectionof information held in electronic form |
| query | a list of things the database searches for |
| data type | the type of data which canbe entered into a field eg, numbers or text |
