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Data types that can be stored in databases include boolean, alphanumeric, real, integer, date, currency, and multimedia files. Boolean data can only have two values, alphanumeric data includes letters, numbers and symbols, real numbers have decimals, integers are whole numbers, dates are stored in a date format, currency automatically includes monetary symbols, and some databases can store images, sound clips and videos. Databases organize information using records which contain fields to describe attributes, with records collected into files which are equivalent to tables.

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Data types that can be stored in databases include boolean, alphanumeric, real, integer, date, currency, and multimedia files. Boolean data can only have two values, alphanumeric data includes letters, numbers and symbols, real numbers have decimals, integers are whole numbers, dates are stored in a date format, currency automatically includes monetary symbols, and some databases can store images, sound clips and videos. Databases organize information using records which contain fields to describe attributes, with records collected into files which are equivalent to tables.

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Data types and databases

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DATA TYPES

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Boolean: Data stored in Boolean form can only be one of two


available values e.g. yes/no
Alphanumeric/text: Alphanumeric data is any combination of
letters, numbers and symbols can also be known as text.
Alphanumeric /text/string is used to hold telephone numbers.
In a computer, telephone numbers are stored as text. This is
because the telephone number contains a leading zero and
spaces.
Example of text it: DL?61 A!BC
Real: A real number is when a number has decimal places.
E.g. 1456.0894634736578587
Integer: is a data type that is numbers that are whole
numbers, with no bits, no decimal places example is 57569 or
-4556
Date: is just the date it canny be stored in many different
forms
Example: mm/dd/yyyy or yyyy/mm/dd or dd/mm/yyyy
Currency: is software which will automatically add or $ to
data and include decimal places. E.g. 22.99.
Images/Sound clips/Video Clips: a few databases allow an
image, sound and video clips to be stored. Example a photo
of a criminal and their Fingerprints on a crime database.

DATABASE KEYWORDS:
FIELD: are used to make up records categories. Fields
describe one attribute of something.
RECORD: which are used to be collected in files. They
are a row in database table all the attributes
which describe one thing
FILES: collects records in to one thing a table. File=
Table

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