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System Design
major subjects
session.
System Analysis and Design
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Data Storage and Access
Strategic tools for data storage and access
Data mining is a valuable tool for managers who must make
management decisions involving complex issues, because it
can detect patterns and trends in large amount of data
In a recent article in New Architect, a Web-based magazine,
Dan R. Greeing says that “ the great advantage of Web
marketing is that you can measure visitors interactions more
effectively than in brick-and-mortar stores or direct mail. Data
mining works best when you have clear, measurable goals.”
Some of the goals he suggests are:
Increase number of referred customers
Logical Physical
records records
file
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Data Storage and Access
Data Storage Formats
Computers use four primary data storage format
EBCDIC
EBCDIC, which stands for Extended Binary Coded
Decimal Interchange Code, a data storage method used
on most mainframe computers.
ASCII
ASCII, which stands for American Standard Code for
Information Interchange, A data storage method used
on most minicomputers and personal computers.
Unicode
Unicode is a relatively recent coding method that
represents characters as integers. Unlike EBCDIC and
ASCII, which use eight bits for each character, Unicode
requires 16 bits per character, which allows it to
represent more than 65,000 unique characters.
Unicode is important for multinational versions of a
program that will be sold in different countries with
different languages
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Data Storage and Access
Data Storage Formats
Binary
Binary storage format: A format that offers
efficient storage of numeric data.
Integer format
A type of binary storage format. The integer format
requires two bytes to store numbers from –32,768 to
32,767.
Long integer format
A type of binary storage format. The long integer
format can store numbers from –2,147,483,647 to
2,147,483,647 using only four bytes of storage.
Other binary formats exist for efficient storage of
exceedingly long numbers
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Data Storage and Access
Selecting a Data Storage Format
In many cases, a user can select a specific data
storage format
You can store documents, spreadsheets, and
databases in Unicode-compatible form by using the
font called Arial Unicode MS
When choosing numeric data formats, you should use
a format that will be adequate for all possible current
and future data
Each data storage format has advantages and
disadvantages
Best answer is it depends on the situation
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Data Control
File and database control must include all
measures necessary to ensure that data storage
is correct, complete, and secure
A well-designed DBMS must provide built-in
control and security features, including
subschemas, passwords, encryption, audit trail
files, and backup and recovery procedures to
maintain data
Subschema can be used to provide a limited
view of the database to a specific user, or level
of users