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The document discusses how a school stores student information in a database. Each piece of information about a student, such as height, age, hair color, and gender is stored in a separate field. Fields used to store student information can be boolean or alphanumeric. A key field is a unique identifier, like a student number, that distinguishes one student's record from another. Relational databases with multiple tables are more complicated than single file databases but allow data to be entered once and accessed more efficiently without redundancy.

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The document discusses how a school stores student information in a database. Each piece of information about a student, such as height, age, hair color, and gender is stored in a separate field. Fields used to store student information can be boolean or alphanumeric. A key field is a unique identifier, like a student number, that distinguishes one student's record from another. Relational databases with multiple tables are more complicated than single file databases but allow data to be entered once and accessed more efficiently without redundancy.

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Key Terms

DATA + MEANING = INFORMATION

HEIGHT
REAL

EST AGE
INTERGER

HAIR
COLOUR

EYECOLOU
R

ALPHANUME
RIC

ALPHANUME
RIC

GENDER
BOOLEAN

The information school stores about me is kept in a


record as part of a database
Each piece of information they keep about me is stored
in a field
Two examples of fields used by school to store my
information are Boolean and alphanumeric

Questions
1. A key field is a piece of data in a database that is
unique also known as a primary key.
2. for example pupil number.
3. No two pupils would have the same number.
(Uniqueness)
4. They have limited use and are only suitable for very
simple.
5. Very simple
6. - Data redundancy, -a lot of data that still may be
useful is deleted.
7. We do not store all the data in a single file or table.
8. a lot quicker and more efficient and it doesnt have
data redundancy. Only have to enter data once
9. more complicated
10. Question 1:
A) Make and Model
B) reg-number
c) Because it is the only thing that is unique.
D)7

File = table

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