Chapter 1 Introduction to Databases and MS Office Access 2007
Lesson 1 Understanding Database Concepts
Mastery Skills
Think: Define Database Intuit: Predict the application of relational database to real life situation Feel: Appreciate the advantages of a computerized database Do: Illustrate and label the elements of the DBMS diagram Communicate: Describe how information in a database is organized Lead: Initiate activities involving managing data Be: Resolute in formulating plan of actions
The Parable of the Sower
Matthew 13:18
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farmer went out to sow his seed. 4As he was scattering the seeds, some fell along the path and the birds came and ate it up.
seed fell on rocky places, where it did fell among not have much soil; thorns, which grew up and choked the plants;
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other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a cropa hundred, times what was sown.
The Parable of the Sower
Matthew 13:18
Those who hear the message about the Kingdom but do not understand it are like the seeds that fell along the path. The Evil One comes and snatches away what was sown in them.
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The seeds that fell on rocky ground stand for those who receive the message gladly as soon as they hear it. 21 But it does not sink deep into them, and they don't last long. So when trouble or persecution comes because of the message, they give up at once.
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The seeds that fell among thorn bushes stand for those who hear the message; but the worries about this life and the love for riches choke the message, and they don't bear fruit.
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And the seeds sown in the good soil stand for those who hear the message and understand it: they bear fruit
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Data and Information
Data is often in the form of facts or figures obtained from experiments or surveys, used as a basis for making calculations or drawing conclusions.
Microsoft Encarta 2008.
Information is the meaningful material derived from computer data by organizing it and interpreting it in a specific way.
Microsoft Encarta 2008.
Data is raw. It simply exists and has no significance beyond its existence (in and of itself). It can exist in any form, usable or not. It does not have meaning of itself.
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Information is data that has been given meaning by way of relational connection. This "meaning" can be useful, but does not have to be.
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Data is raw information in an unorganized form (such as alphabets, numbers, or symbols) that refer to, or represent, conditions, ideas, or objects. Data is limitless and present everywhere in the universe.
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Information is data that (1) has been verified to be accurate and timely, (2) is specific and organized for a purpose, (3) is presented within a context that gives it meaning and relevance, and (4) that can lead to an increase in understanding and decrease in uncertainty.
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The computer is essentially a data processing machine. It accepts data, process these data, and generate information as output. Therefore, data is the source of information.
Database
a systematically arranged collection of data, so structured that it can be automatically retrieved or manipulated.
Microsoft Encarta 2008.
DBMS
Database management system, or DBMS, is a computer software/program that is designed as the means of managing all databases that are currently installed on a system hard drive or network.
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Integration
I learned that I noticed that I discovered that I realized that
Closure
If data were processed in different instances; will they produce the same results?
A database is a collection of related data, organized to provide easy access to it. The larger the data base the harder it is to manage the information. And for every large databases, there is a Database Management System to handle that difficulty.