Database Systems Design, Implementation, and Management 11e - Chapter 1 - Database Systems

data - Answer - raw facts information - Answer - result of processing raw data to reveal its meaning knowledge - Answer - body of information and facts about a specific subject data management - Answer - discipline that focuses on the proper generation, storage, and retrieval of data database - Answer - shared, integrated computer structure that stores a collection of end-user data and metadata; a collection of self-describing data; resembles a very well-organized electronic filing cabinet in which powerful software (the dbms) helps manage the cabinet's contents end-user data - Answer - raw facts of interest to the end user metadata - Answer - data about data, through which the end-user data are integrated and managed database management system (DBMS) - Answer - a collection of programs that manages the database structure and controls access to the data stored in the database; intermediary between the user and the database data inconsistency - Answer - exists when different versions of the same data appear in different places query - Answer - a specific request issued to the DBMS for data manipulation; simply put it is a question ad hoc query - Answer - is a spur-of-the-moment question query result set - Answer - answer to a query sent back by the DBMS to the application data quality - Answer - comprehensive approach to promoting the accuracy, validity, and timeliness of the data single-user database - Answer - supports only one user at a time desktop database - Answer - a single-user database that runs on a personal computer multiuser database NoSQL - Answer - supports multiple users at the same time