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Intellectual Property

Form of creative endeavour that can be protected through a trademark, patent, copyright, industrial design, or integrated circuit topography

Content Management Systems (CMS)

Organizes content usually on the Internet

Database Management Systems (DBMS)

Computer that enables integration with multiple applications (ATM's)

Database

Self-describing collection of integrated records

Data Heirarchy

1) Bit


2) Byte


3) Columns/ Fields


4) Row/ Records


5) Tables/ Files


6) Data

Master Record

A record representing the status of a business entity

Transaction Record

A record representing and event (change) in the business

Key

A column or group that identifies a unique row in a table

Foreign Key

Keys of a different table form the one in which they reside

Relational Databases
Database that carry their data in the form of tables that represent relationships using foreign keys

Metadata

Data that describes data

Database Application System
A program used to create, process, and administer a database (usually licensed from vendors)

Structured Query Language (SQL)

International standard language for processing a database

Database Application
A collection of forms, reports, queries, and application programs that process a database
Multiuser Processing/ Lost-update Problem
Problem in which two users accessing the same data, updates at different times causing incorrect information

Transaction Processing Concepts

Entity: thing whose status is relevant to the operation and management of the organization



Event: a change (transaction) in the status of at least one entity

Managerial Data Issues

Content: What data should be collected


Access: What data should be given to what users


Logical Structure: How will the data be organized


Physical Organization: Location of the data