Using Information Technology: A Practical Introduction to Computers and Communications, 5/e

Brian K. Williams
Stacey Sawyer

FILES, DATABASES, & E-COMMERCE: Digital Engines for the New Economy

Chapter 8 Fill in the Blanks


1		A(n) is a procedures document that stores the data definitions or a description of the structure of data used in a database.


2		A(n) database is stored on different computers in different locations connected by a client/server network.


3		A(n) coordinates all related activities and needs for an organization's database.


4		In relational databases, the files are also called relations or .


5		In relational databases, the rows are also called records or .


6		QBE stands for .


7		With the method of database recovery, the person in charge of the database goes back to a point of time before the failure, and redoes all transactions from that point onward.


8		is the buying and selling of products and services through computer networks.


9		is data about data.


10		In a(n) - - system, a business sells to other businesses, using the Internet or a private network to cut transaction costs and increase efficiencies.

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