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TECHNOLOGY Unit 2
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
Unit 2 SO 4
Advantages
including
speed,
efficiency,
cost;
data
quality:
completeness, validity, consistency,
timeliness
and
accuracy;
data
handling, data processing.
DISADVANTAGES
What is a Database?
Fields
a structured collection
of records or
data that is stored
in a computer system
This represents 1
unit of
information in a
database e.g.
Title of DVD,
Genre
Records
What is a Database
Management System
(DBMS)?
is computer software designed for the
Security can be
improved
Redundancies can
be improved!
security
Data quality concerns
Advantages
Better services
to users
Disadvantages
Cost of delivering and
maintaining the system is
lowered
Standards can be enforced
Faster response to query processing
Database Views
view that the individual user of the
database has
the information model of the enterprise and
contains the view of the whole enterprise
without any concern for the physical
implementation
view about the actual physical storage of
data
Role of Database
Administrator
Deciding and Loading the Database
Contents
Assisting and Approving Applications
and Access
Deciding Data Structures
Backup and Recovery
Monitor Actual Usage
CAPE INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY Unit 2
INFORMATION
MANAGEMENT
Organization of files and databases
Unit 2 SO 5
Describe the different
types and organization
of files and databases;
Additional Conten
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FIL
E
Quiz!
Direct Access
The computer can calculate
(from the key field)
where the record is stored
in the file, and can then access
the record directly from that position.
Direct Access can only be used
if files are stored on media such
as disk, CD, DVD. Direct Access
of records will generally be much faster
than Serial Access.
Direct Access is
also known as Random Access.
base
Data
Departmental - by a unit in an
organization which provides
some functional
application of the
data in the
departments domain
s
Type
Workgroup used by teams
working on tasks
that needs access to the same data.
Database Organization
NETWORK
DATABASE
HIERARCHICAL
DATABASE
RELATIONAL
DATABASE
OBJECT ORIENTED
DATABASE