Basic Operations

Advanced Topics & Practice

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Comparison operators		Equals (=), greater than (>), less than (<), does not equal (<>)
Computed field		A field containing a calculation involving one or more other fields.

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Database		A structured collection of similar information which can be search.

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Field		A single item of data stored in a record
Field types		(Numeric, text, graphic, date, time) . The type of data which is to be stored in a field. You may need to set up the field types when you create a new database.
File		A set of records.

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Key field		A field to uniquely identify a record in a database.
Keyword		A word which is used to search for an item in a database.
Knowledge system		A system which contains rule and facts about a particular topic.

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Record		A data structure with one or more fields of information.

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Searching		Looking for an item using a database program and perhaps one or more keywords.
Sort on more than one field		A complex sort.
Sort on one field.		A simple sort
Sorting		Putting a list of items in order, for example numeric or alphabetic.

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