Principles of Information Systems, Seventh Edition48 Summary Hierarchy of data: bits, characters, fields, records, files, and databases Entity: a generalized class of things (objects) for which data is collected, stored, and maintained Attribute: characteristic of an entity Data model: diagram of entities and relationships Relational model: describes data in which all elements are placed in two-dimensional tables called relations
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