计算机专业英语Unit 9 Database.ppt

大连理工大学出版社 Database Passage One Foundation of Database Training target: In this part, our target is to train your reading comprehension. We have made the flexible sentences strong black and marked the subject, predicate and have object of them. Try to grasp the main idea of these sentences. 主语、谓语、宾语 Passage One Foundation of Database 1. Database System Application Database System is now used in various aspects of society, such as government apparatus, universities, airlines, banking, telecommunication and manufacturing. In government apparatus, database can be used to know information resources of human affairs and carders in various aspects as well. In banking, database can be used for customer information, accounts, loans, and banking transactions. In airlines, database can be used for reservations and schedule information. In universities, database can be used for student information, course registrations and grades. In the management of economy, database can process at statistic data, analyze, and obtain a result so as to guide the enterprises to develop rapidly. Previously, very few people interacted directly with the database system. database n. 数据库 apparatus n. 机关，机构 account n. 账户 loan n. 贷款 transaction n. 处理 reservation n. 订票 registration n. 注册 statistic 统计 Passage One Foundation of Database Till the late 1990s, the assessment to database for user increased with the development of Internet work. For example, when you access a network station and look through the contents on it, in fact, you are accessing the data stored in database. When you access an on-line shopping website, information about your order for goods may be retrieved from a database. Database plays an import role in most enterprises today. 2. Basic Database conceptions ◇ Data: Data are a collection of facts made up of numbers, characters and symbols, stored on a computer in such a way that the computer can process it. Data are different from information