专业英语6-09.pptVIP

unit 6 Database ——Database Overview 一 new words: 请翻译下列句子和段落 * * 1. coherent a.相干的；一致的；协调的 Although it is difficult to give a universally agreed definition of a database, we use the following common definition: a database is a collection of related, logically coherent, data used by the application programs in an organization. 翻译：虽然难以给出一个普遍接受的数据库定义，但我们使用下面常见的定义：一个数据库是被一个机构内的应用程序所使用的具有逻辑相干性的相关数据的集合。 2.privilege n. 特权 翻译：概念层是中介层，它使得用户不必与内层打交道。 The conceptual level is an intermediary and frees users from dealing with the internal level. 3.revoke v. 撤消；废除 4.intermediary n. 媒介物；调解人；中间人 Each column in a relation is called an attribute. 5.attribute n. 属性 6.tuple n. 元组，字节组 Each row in a relation is called a tuple. 7.cardinality n. 基数性，（集的）势 The total number of rows in a relation is called the cardinality of the relation. 8.fragment vi. （使）成碎片，使分裂 n.碎片 二 technical terms 1. end user 最终用户，终端用户 2. atomic operation 原子操作 3. database administrator 数据库管理员 4. relational database model 关系数据库模型 5. local data 本地数据 6. object-oriented database 面向对象数据库 7. database management system (DBMS) 数据库管理系统 8. entity-relationship model (ERM) 实体关系模型 9. distributed database 分布式数据库 10. flat file 平面文件 11. 二维表 two-dimensional table 二 technical terms 12. 数据属性 data attribute 13. 数据库对象 database object 14. 存储设备 storage device 15. 数据类型 data type 16. 数据插入与删除 data insertion and deletion 17. 层次数据库模型 hierarchical database model 18. 数据库体系结构 database architecture 19. 关系数据库管理系统 relational database management system (RDBMS) 20. 全局控制总线 global control bus 3 A computer system includes a computer, peripheral devices, and software. The electric, electronic, and mechanical devices used for processing data are referred to as hardware. In addition to the computer itself, the term “hardware” refers to components called peripheral devices that expand the computer’s input, output, and storage capabilities. Computer hardware in and of itself does not provide a particularly useful