Vocabulary practice. 1. In the text find the opposites to the given words.

1. In the text find the opposites to the given words.

civil sometimes simple purchase allow unknown

2. Fill in the blanks choosing from the variants given.

1. Most spreadsheet and word processing software (sets, packages, collections) feature simple tool that allow you to specify fields, enter data and manipulate it.

2. As you can see, many techniques (are existing, exist, have been existed) for storing, accessing, and displaying the data from the databases.

3. For example, Microsoft Excel (to allow, is allowing, allows) you to sort records, validate data, search for records.

4. XML (were, is, have been) a markup language that allows field tags, data, and tables to be incorporated into a Web document.

5. Now that you (have had, had, has had) an introduction to the options, you should be able to evaluate when and how to use them.

6. Many (methods, ways, techniques) exist for storing, accessing and displaying the data from the databases.

3. Make three-word combinations using the words in the columns and then fill in the gaps in the following sentences.

A: address B: client C: software

System management task

database book Database

data management software

database Management information

data server software

1. The simplest tools for managing data are soft packages dedicated to a specific … .

2. The term DBMS … refers to software that is designed to manage data stored in a database.

3. Simple tools that easily store … might not be suited for managing a worldwide airline reservation system.

4. To create your own … it is possible to simply enter data as an ASCII text file.

5. … is designed to manage billions of records and lots of transactions every second.

6. … allows any remote computer or network workstation to access data in a database.

4. Fill in the gaps in the text.

The data in a database can be ___ over the Web. A simple process called ___ Web publishing converts a database report into an HTML document, which can be displayed by a browser. More sophisticated ___ Web publishing produces data from a database on demand. HTML forms and XForms not only provide search capabilities, but can also be used to add or modify data in a ___ with a Web browser. ___ documents provide a Web-based data management tool that uses special __ as field names within a document.

Speaking. Discuss the following questions.

1. Are simple data management tools available?

2. Can you create your own data management software?

3. What kinds of tools are specially designed for creating and manipulating databases?

4. Is it possible to access a database over the Web?

Text C

Pre-reading task. Match the meaning of the following English words with the Russian equivalents.

1. conversion routine а) избыточность данных

2. data redundancy b) порядок сортировки

3. BLOB c) индекс базы данных

4. variable-length field d) конверсионная подпрограмма

5. primary key e) первичный ключ

6. sort order f) целочисленный тип данных

7. validation rule g) большой двоичный объект

8. fixed-length field h) поле неподвижной длины

9. integer data type i) правило ратификации

10. database index j) поле переменной длины

Reading. Read the text and try to guess the meaning of the words in bold. Check your variants in the dictionary.