chapter 7 keyterms Definition of the following below

character, 235 composite key, 239 data dictionary, 245 data integrity, 235 data mart, 248 data modeling, 245 data redundancy, 234 data warehouse, 248 database administrator (DBA), 237 database approach, 234 database management system (DBMS), 236 encapsulation, 241 entity, 235 entity relationship diagram (ERD), 245 field, 235 file, 235 foreign key, 240 inheritance, 241 join table, 239 metadata, 245 many-to-many relationship, 241 object-oriented database model, 241 one-to-many relationship, 241 primary key, 239 query, 237 record, 235 relational model, 239 relational operation, 243 schema, 244 Structured Query Language (SQL), 243 table, 239 traditional file approach, 234