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We are now said to be entering the "knowledge age."

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Data ____________________ is a discipline that focuses on proper generation, storage and retrieval of data.

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Initially the files within a computer file system were similar to manual files.

Database programming languages receive all application requests and translate them into the complex operations required to fulfill those requests.

____ is a set of tools that work together to provide an advanced data analysis environment for retrieving, processing, and modeling data from the data warehouse.

____ data exist in the format in which they were collected.

A ____ is a logically connected set of one or more fields that describes a person, place, or thing.

____________________ exists when it is possible to make changes in the data storage characteristics without affecting the application program's ability to access the data.

Data constitute the building blocks of information.

Accurate, relevant, and timely information is the key to ____.

End-user data is ____.

The only way to access the data in a database is through the DBMS.

____________________ databases focus primarily on storing data used to generate information required to make tactical or strategic decisions.

Describe what metadata are and what value they provide to the database system.

____ data are the result of formatting to facilitate storage, use and generation of information.

Information implies familiarity, awareness, and understanding knowledge as it applies to an environment.

One disadvantage of the DBMS is that it increases the risk of data security breaches.

____________________ is data about data through which the end-user data are integrated and managed.

An operational database is sometimes referred to as an enterprise database.

Data and information are essentially the same thing.