A file structure involving data records that have no structured interrelationship. A flat file takes up less computer space than…
The structure or format of a database, described in a formal language supported by the database management system. Schemas are…
A collection of programs that enables information to be stored in, modified, and extracted from a database. There are many…
A file that defines the basic organization of a database. A database dictionary contains a list of all files in…
The person who has central control over data and programs accessing the data. Responsibilities of the database administrator include data…
A repository for information or data organized in such a way that a computer program can quickly select desired pieces…
A collection of databases designed to support management decision-making. The term “data warehousing” generally refers to combining a wide variety…
A diagram type that is used to depict the structure of data elements in the data dictionary. The data structure…
The process of filtering, merging, decoding, and translating source data to create validated data for the data warehouse (see definition).
A diagram that shows the types of data produced by one business process and used as input by another. It…