MIS 0855 Study Guide - Final Guide: Spreadsheet, Sentiment Analysis, Mapreduce
Exam 3 Study Outline
11.1 Storing and Retrieving Data
• Purpose of database
o Keep track of things with more than one theme
▪ Student grades in a spreadsheet vs student grades, emails and office visits in a
database
o Spreadsheet example
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o Database form example
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• The database
o A collection of files, organized as tables
o Tables are made up of records (rows)
o Rows are made up of fields (columns)
o Fields are made up of characters
• Database types
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