5 database datatypes
Number: Used for both integers and real numbers Text: Used for both strings and chars Date/Time: Used for the date and/or time Boolean: Yes/No or True/False Currency: Used for money
field
One piece of information about an object
column
record
A collection of fields about the same object
row
table
collection of records about the same entity
primary key
field that uniquely identifies each record
database
persistent and structured collection of data