Saturday, July 19, 2008

CSC As I see It 007

Correlate and differentiate the ff:
  • folder
  • file
  • record
  • datafield

Differentiate:

A folder/database-
contains records, and in which each record is specified in a single line.

Stores information such as text and images.


A tuple is analogous to a record in non relational databases. The term originated as an abstraction of the sequence: single, double, triple, quadruple, quintuple, ... n-tuple. Tuple is used in abstract mathematics to denote a multidimensional coordinate system.

A data field is a place where you can store data. Commonly used to refer to a column in a database or a field in a data entry form or web form.
A data field is a place where you can store data. Commonly used to refer to a column in a database or a field in a data entry form or web form. The field may contain data to be entered as well as data to be displayed.

Correlation:
-Information in the database is generally stored in several different files. Each file consists of series of records. Each records consists of several fields, with each field containing an individual data item.

-fields, records, files and objects optimized to deal with very large amounts of data stored on a permanent structure.

No comments: