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Unit 15 Spreadsheets and Databases

The document discusses spreadsheets and databases. It provides examples of spreadsheet and database structures and components. It explains that spreadsheets can store numbers, text, and formulas in columns and rows, and are used to keep records. Databases store and organize information in fields and records, and allow for adding, changing and deleting data. They provide faster retrieval of information than spreadsheets.

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Unit 15 Spreadsheets and Databases

The document discusses spreadsheets and databases. It provides examples of spreadsheet and database structures and components. It explains that spreadsheets can store numbers, text, and formulas in columns and rows, and are used to keep records. Databases store and organize information in fields and records, and allow for adding, changing and deleting data. They provide faster retrieval of information than spreadsheets.

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Unit 15 Spreadsheets and databases

Spreadsheet and Databases

Database
Field/Column

Student Name ID
ID Result

Record/ Amir 1022


1023 25
Row
Sami 1023
1024 35
Yousaf 1024
1022 40

Spreadsheet

1A

1. What is a spreadsheet?

It is like a large sheet of paper with a lot of columns and rows.

2. What are spreadsheets used for?

Spreadsheets are used for keeping records in small companies.


Unit 15 Spreadsheets and databases

1B a: column name, b: cell, c: row number

1D

1: (True)

2: (False) In a spreadsheet you can enter numbers, text, and formulae.

3: (False) you can change the width of columns.

4: (True)

5: (False) Spreadsheets can be used as databases.

1E

1: True

2: False

3: True

2A

1. Company

2. Product

3. Description

4. Quantity

5. Price

6. VAT

7. Grand Total

2B

1. Dear Ms Atkinson

2. I am writing to

3. I am enclosing

4. We would be grateful if you could

5. Please contact us

6. Yours sincerely
Unit 15 Spreadsheets and databases

2C

I am writing to complain about two products from your company. The laser printer gives continuous
error messages. Also, I am facing problems installing the database.

Please send me a new laser printer and an upgraded version of the database.

Yours sincerely

Ruth Atkinson.

3D

1. store organize and retrieve information from a database.

2.fields.

3.a separate piece of information.

4.making changes, adding new records and deleting old ones.

5.it is much faster, easily stores records and takes much less space.

6.passwords and security devices.

3E

1 D A T A B A S E

2 R E C O R D

3 F I E L D

1. 4 R E L A T I O N A L

5 N E T W O R K

6 S E A R C H

7 S O R T

8 Q U E R Y
Unit 15 Spreadsheets and databases

4A

1. Client clients

2. Key keys

3. Query queries

4. Businessman businessmen

5. Fax faxes

6. Salary salaries

7. Mouse mice

8. Virus viruses

4B

/s/ /iz/ /z/

Laptops Databases Orders

Spreadsheets Taxes Tables

Graphs Switches Passwords

Networks Packages Systems

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