Glossary

A

active voice

adjective

adjective phrasing

adverb

Active Server Pages (ASP) files

  

B

Boolean  

C

calculated field

clause

collection

column

COM object

 comparative form

comparison operator

conjunction

connection file

D

database

database object

database structure

default value

 dictionary entry

direct object

domain

domain command

E

English Query

English Query application

 English Query engine

entity

F

field

fiscal year

 foreign key

foreign table

G

global properties

guided application

  

H

Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)  

I

index

indirect object

Integer

irregular form

 irregular form type

irregular noun

irregular verb

J

join

join field

 join path

join table

K

key  

L

lookup table  

M

many-to-many relationship

many-to-one relationship

 measurement

method

module

N

name phrasing

normalize

noun

 null

numeric expression

O

object

object variable

ODBC data source

ODBC database

OLE Automation server

 Open Database Connectivity (ODBC)

operator

outer join

output file (.eqo)

P

parts of speech

passive voice

phrase

phrasing

possessive case

predicate

preposition

prepositional phrase

 preposition phrasing

primary key

primary table

profile

project

pronoun

proper noun

property

Q

query

question

Question Builder

question file (.eqq)

  

R

record

reference file (.eqs)

relationship

 restatement

result

root form

S

self-join

semantic object

session

SQL database

SQL expression

SQL query

status bar

 string

Structured Query Language (SQL)

subject

subset phrasing

superlative form

synonym

T

table

title bar

 trait

trait phrasing

U

Uniform Resource Locator (URL)  

V

verb

verb phrasing

  

W

WHERE clause

wildcard search

wizard

  


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