Across
- 4. A map of a database that defines the features of the fields in the database.
- 6. The value a database automatically uses for a field unless the user enters another value.
- 12. A group of related fields in a database.
- 14. A system that includes data, people, procedures, hardware, and software that help in planning and decision making; a softwarebased solution used to gather and analyze information.
- 15. The branch of computer science that deals with the attempt to create computers that think like humans.
- 20. A report generated by a management information system that provides a list of the transactions that occurred during a certain time period.
- 21. Enables the interjection of experiential learning into knowledgebased systems by allowing the consideration of probabilities.
- 23. system A business intelligence system that provides intelligence that supplements the user’s own intellect and makes the decision support system more effective.
- 24. A query used to extract data that’s in two or more tables in a database.
- 25. In a relational database, the common field between tables that’s not the primary key.
Down
- 1. The accumulation of transaction data until a certain point is reached, at which time several transactions are processed at once.
- 2. When the data in a database is accurate and reliable.
- 3. An information technology professional responsible for designing, constructing, and maintaining databases.
- 5. Used to control how new data is entered into a shared database.
- 7. In a database, confirms that only textual characters are entered in a field.
- 8. Data for a record being different in two different lists.
- 9. Small slices of a data warehouse grouped together and separated from the main body of data in the data warehouse so that related sets of data can be analyzed.
- 10. In a database, ensures that all required fields have been completed.
- 11. Software used on company websites to capture information about each click that users make as they navigate through the site.
- 13. In a database, a field that has a value unique to a record.
- 16. A digital collection of related data that can be stored, sorted, organized, and queried.
- 17. A largescale collection of data that contains and organizes in one place all the data from an organization’s multiple databases.
- 18. In a database, temporarily displays records that match certain criteria.
- 19. relationship In a relational database, for each record in a table there’s only one corresponding record in a related table.
- 22. relationship In a relational database, a record appears only once in one table while having the capability of appearing many times in a related table.