Database Glossary - I
Glossary of database terms beginning with the letter I, such as information schema, inner join, and intergrity
- these terms are useful in data cleaning, data cleansing and data scrubbingImplementation
A particular relational DBMS running on a specific hardware platform.
Import
An operation by which an application brings data in from a generic source file (from which embedded programming and control characters have been filtered out) and converts it into its own native file format for use.
Index
1) A method used to reorder display or output records in a specific order.
2) A data structure of pointers used to provide rapid, random access to rows in the table.
Information Schema
See: Schema, Information.
Inner Join
See: Join, Inner.
Integrity
The property of the database that ensures that the data contained in the database is as accurate and consistent as possible.
IT
Abbreviation for "Information Technology." Also used in larger acronyms such as MIT; Manager of Information Technology.