Thursday, February 14, 2008

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Data base and administration

What does data base means? structured collection of records or data that is stored in a computer system.
google.com

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The cycle of data processing

What is data processing?Any computer process that converts data into information or knowledge.
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data processing works by the help of the computer,.

Understanding Files and Filenames

What are the definition of file, filenames, and extension?
File is used to organize documents. Filenames means a name of a file. extension indicates what type of file it is.
Why is it important to assign filename to your file?
It is important to assign flenames to your files so you will not be confused on what to click on and it segergates the file since it has filenames.
www.google.com

Difference Between data and information

What is the difference between data and information?Data means in Latin 'datum' meaning "that which is given" while informaton meansany kind of knowledge that is exchangeable amongst people, about things, facts, concepts, etc., in some context." and the interpreted data.
example: a pile o CDs. data here means the collection of cds, while information here means the segregated Cds
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Thursday, February 7, 2008

Data base admin

Why is Database administration important?
According to the Y! mail,Data base administration is important so fields of people will not be same.

Saturday, February 2, 2008

Record

A record is a collection of data arranged by a program. Multiple records contained a file or data set. The organization of data in a record is usually prescibed by the programming language that defines the organization methodand/or the application that process it.

Thursday, January 31, 2008

Activity- files


1 byte= 8 bits
1 Kb= 1024 bytes
1mb= 1024 Kb
1Gb= 1024 bytes
1Tb= 1024 bytes

Widget & Blog

A web widget is a portable chunk of code that can be installed and executed within any separate HTML-based web page by an end user without requiring additional compilation. They are derived from the idea of code reuse. Other terms used to describe web widgets including: gadget, badge, module, capsule, snippet, mini and flake. Web widgets often but not always use DHTML, Java Script, or Adobe Flash.

A blog is a website where entries are commonly displayed in reverse chronological order. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaMany blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic. The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs. Most blogs are primarily textual, although some focus on art (arlog), photographs (photoblog), sketchblog, videos (vlog), music (MP3 blog), audio (podcasting) are part of a wider network of social media. Micro-blogging is another type of blogging which consists of blogs with very short posts.ning to maintain or add content to a blog.

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Files and Filenames

A file is a collection of data or information that has a name called a filename.
Almost all information stored in the computer must be a file. There are many different kinds of files. data,text file, program files, directory files and system files.An example of a text file is ms word and notepad. An example of a program file is ms powerpoint. An example of a system file are windows.an example of a directory file is a folder. And an example of a data file is data.

Data and Information

Data can be characters, symbol, images, that can be processed as a computer.
- a collection of information.
Information is the interpreted data.
- is segregated already.

Filename parts

examples of filename parts are:
  • drive
  • path
  • filebase name
  • file extension

examples of file extension

  • ppt,pps,xls,doc,txt,rtf,bmp,jpg,gif,wav,zip...

Data Processing

Any data process that converts data into information or knowledge. The processing is usually assumed to be automated and running on a computer. Because data when well- presented and actually informative,data processing systems are often referred to as information systems toto emphasize their practicality. Neverthless, both terms are roughlysynonymous, performing similar conversions; data processing systems typically manipulate raw data into information, and likewise information systems typically take raw data as input to produce information as output.