Databases

Cloud storage -  Services such as Google Drive, OneDrive and iCloud allow users to store their files and data on internet servers, rather than on their local computers. Advantages of this are that files are safer and can be accessed anywhere with an internet connected device. Storage can also be effectively infinite as you can buy more storage if needed.

Collaboration - To work together with others. Many digital tools now allow easy collaboration as users can work remotely on the same document or system at the same time. Tools like Google G-Suite and Microsoft Office 365 offer a variety of collaborative documents and apps.

Data - A structured set of numbers, representing digitised text, images, sound or video, which can be processed or transmitted by a computer.

Database - A database is an organised collection of data, generally stored and accessed electronically from a computer system.

Edit - To change, add or remove elements in a piece of work (usually to improve it).

Evaluation - Making judgements (a computational thinking concept)

Export - The opposite of importing and a computing command that usually means saving or sending a file, or part of a file, to a specific new location. It also often allows changing the file format as it’s saved. For example, a Photoshop image could be exported as a PDF document or different images types (PNG, JPEG etc). You might also export content between apps on an iPad. A piece of music could be exported to iMovie to use as a soundtrack for a video.

Field - Columns of a table in a database, or categories. For example in a database of people in an organisation you might have fields for 'name', 'address', 'phone number', 'job title' etc.

Import - A computing command that usually means allowing a user to bring in a file, or part of a file into another application so they can be combined. For example, an image could be imported into presentation slides, or art software to use as a background.

Rank - A number that shows the position of something in a numerically ordered sequence.

Record - Every item in a database is called a 'record'. Each record will have information saved for a number of categories or 'fields'. For example, in a database about countries 'Spain' might be a record that is kept. Information on population, land area, and capitol city may be part saved as fields for that record.

Save - To store a piece of work in a computer’s memory so that it can be recalled at a later time.

Search - To identify data that satisfies one or more conditions, such as web pages or records in a database containing keywords, or files on a computer with certain properties.

Sort - To arrange a set of data into a prescribed sequence.