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| Ascending | sorting from smallest to largest, A-Z or 1-100 | 
| Connectors | Words like OR and AND used in searching databases which indicate whether records one rule or both rules | 
| Data | The information that is entered into the comptuer for processing | 
| Descending | Sorting from largest to smallest, Z-A or 100-0 | 
| Field | A category of information in a database | 
| File | A group of records that are related | 
| Entry | the infromation that is enterd in the fields in a database | 
| Operators | words or symbols like equal to, greater than, or less than, = < > | 
| Record | a complete set of field entries | 
| Sorting | arranging information in alphabetical or numerical order | 
| Data Type | the different types of data entered in a databse ex.  text numbers, money, date, time | 
| Datasheet View | Displays a table in a row-and-column format | 
| Design View | displays the field names and what kind of values you can enter in each field.  Used to modify field formats | 
| List View | displays one record at a time | 
| Record Number | the number that identifies the sequence of a record in a database |