Thursday, March 5, 2009

Lesson 2 key terms

1. Data type: In Access, a field property that determine what type of data the field can contain.
2. Export: The process of copying data from an access table or query to another database or to another type of file.
3. Field Name: The name by which access recognizes a data field.
4. Field Property: A specific attribute of an access data field, such as name, caption, field size or input mask.
5. Import: The process of copying data from another source, such as a database or spreadsheet, into an access database.
6. Input Mask: in access, a field property that determines display format and limits the type of data that can be entered.
7. Junction Table: in access, a table that provides a link between two tables that have a many-to-many relationship.
8. Link: the connection between a source file and a destination file, or between two tables.
9. Look up Field: in access, a field that looks up a list of values in another table or in a static list and presents the list of values for data entry selection.
10. Many-to-Many Relationships: in access, a relationship between two tables in which each table can have many related records in the other table.
11. One-to-Many Relationships: in access, a relationship between two tables in which only one table can have many related records in the other table.
12. One-to-One Relationships: in access, a relationship between two tables in which each table has only one related record in the other table.
13. Orphan: in access records in a related table that are left unrelated if their related record in the primary table is deleted or changed so that the relationship is broken.
14. Primary Key: in access, one of more fields in a table whose values uniquely identify each record.
15. Primary Table: in access, the table on the "one" side of a one-to-many relationships.
16. Referential Integrity: a system of rules that access uses to ensure that relationships between records in related tables are valid, and that you done accidentally delete or change related data.
17. Related Table: in access, the table on the "many" side of a one-to-many relationship.
18. Relationships: in access, the association between two tables that share a field with matching values; the matching fields allow the tables to be joined, so that a query can select data from both tables.
19. Subdatasheet: in access, a data sheet that is nested within another data sheet and contains records related to the records in the data sheet in which it is nested.

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Key terms lesson 1

1. Database- is a collection of data, or information , related to a specific subject and kept together in a file.
2. Database object- provides a strusture through wich you can store your data.
3. Database window- used to acess database objects contained in the database.
4. Datasheet- is the row-and-column-format.
5. Datasheet view- to add, modify, or delete data in a table or query.
6. Design view- to set or change the structure of any object.
7. Field - Every row is a unique record that contains all the data for a particular item.
8. Form- a window into the data on one or more tables.
9. Form View - commonly used because it allows you to view the fields for only one record at a time.
10. Print Preview - allows you to see how the data will look when you print a report.
11. Query - looks like a table, but it doesn't contain any data contain any data itself; instead, it displays only specific data from tables based on the criteria you supply.
12. Record - every row that contains all the data for a particular item.
13. Record Selector - you can select an entire record by clicking the record selector, a small gray box to the left of each record.
14. Relational Database - allows you to store categories of data in separate tables, yet combine data from any of the tables.
15. Report - a professional-looking printout of database data that usually contains summary information.
16. Table - is the only object in an Access database that contains data.

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Tuesday, February 3, 2009


Sell an automobile reflection

My ad was not as good as i know about what i can do because i was
kind of lost yestorday.

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Unit 2 lesson 1 vocab.

  • column index-the column number in the table array from wich the matching value must be returned.
  • comment- text in visual basic added to code that explains how thw code works.
  • conditional formatting- format such as cell shading or font color.
  • custom filter- a list taken from within a larger lists where the only records shown are the rows that meet the criterria you specify for a column.
  • data list- worksheets rows that contain related data.
  • document element- top most element ina XML file.
  • end tag- specifies the end of a element.
  • export- to use data in another program.
  • extensible markup language-strutured data from an application in a standard, consistent way.
  • filter- list taken frrom within a larger list where the only records shown are the rows that meet the criteria you choose from a dro down list for a column.
  • HLOOKUP- function that searches for a value in the top row of a table and then returns a value in the same column from a row you specify in the table.
  • interactive data- html file that contains special components that allow browser users to interact with the workbook.
  • lookup value- value to be found in the first column of the table array when using a lookup function.
  • named range- word or string of characters that represent a cell, range of cells, formula, or constant value.
  • start tag-the tag that begins an XML statement.
  • static data- data appears as it would in excel, including tabs that users can click to switch the worksheets.
  • table array- the table information in wich data is lookedup when using LOOKUP function.
  • VLOOKUP- a function that searches for a value in the left most column of a table.
  • world wide web consortium- a consurtiom of commercial and educational institutions that oversees research and promotes standards in all areas related to the world wide web.

Friday, October 24, 2008

my house


This is my dream house.