计算机专业英语Unit06SectionADbtbbbseOverview.pptVIP

Unit 6 Database Section A Database Overview Evaluation only. Created with Aspose.Slides for .NET 3.5 Client Profile 5.2.0.0. Copyright 2004-2011 Aspose Pty Ltd. 2/45 I. Introduction Data storage traditionally used individual, unrelated files, sometimes called flat files. In the past, each application program in an organization used its own file. In a university，for example, each department might have its own set of files: the record office kept a file about the student information and their grades, the financial aid office kept its own file about students that needed financial aid to continue their education， 一、引言 数据存储传统上是使用单独的没有联系的文件，这些文件有时称为平面文件。在过去，一个机构中的每个应用程序都使用自己的文件。例如，在一个大学中，每个部门都可能有其自己的文件集：档案办公室保存着关于学生信息和学生成绩的文件；经济资助办公室保存着其自己的关于需要经济资助以继续学业的学生的文件； Evaluation only. Created with Aspose.Slides for .NET 3.5 Client Profile 5.2.0.0. Copyright 2004-2011 Aspose Pty Ltd. 3/45 I. Introduction the scheduling office kept the names of the professors and the courses they were teaching, the payroll department kept its own file about the whole staff (including professors), and so on. Today, however, all of these flat files can be combined in a single entity, the database for the whole university. 调度办公室保存着教授的姓名和他们所教的课程；工薪发放部门保存着其自己的关于全体教职员工（包括教授）的文件，等等。然而，所有这些平面文件今天都可结合成一个实体——供整个大学使用的数据库。 Evaluation only. Created with Aspose.Slides for .NET 3.5 Client Profile 5.2.0.0. Copyright 2004-2011 Aspose Pty Ltd. 4/45 I. Introduction 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. 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。 adj., 粘在一起的, 一致的, 连贯的 a coherent essay. 一篇条理分明的文章 Evaluation only. Created with Aspose.Slides for .NET 3.5 Client Profile 5.2.0.0. Copyright 2004-2011 Aspose Pty Ltd. 5/45 Ⅱ．Database Management Systems A database management system (DBMS) defin