Information Systems 12 (E238) 2005
(Computer Studies and Computing)

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A Database Glossary for Year 12 IS (E238)

term

meaning

attribute

a column of data in a relation (a field).

DBMS

acronym for Database Management System

flat file database

a database where all the fields and records are in one file

primary key

a primary key is an attribute (or a list of attributes) that uniquely identifies one tuple

RDBMS

acronym for Relational Database Management System

relation

a table (a database).

tuple

a row of data in a relation (a record).