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Database Vocabulary
It can be useful to collect information.
Information can be put on
record cards.
records
Is it easy to find the information you want?
How could the record cards be stored
to make it easier?
Records can be stored in a
database.
What is the best way to sort the record cards
in the database?
alphabetically
fields
Each piece of information in a record is called a
field
There are 5 fields on this
record card –
can you name them?
New words:
record
database
field
A record has information
about one person / thing.
A database stores all
the records.
A field contains ONE
piece of information.