hard to learn at first. hard to keep track of variable / whole thing fails ... 4 different versions of the equals-sign / hard to distinguish on the screen ...
Interaction style: ... May lead to high-level conceptual model for your interface. Interaction Mode and Interaction Style ... Is there a high-level metaphor / model? ...
from the designer's perspective ... is a container that designers use to organize the ... save time and make large collections of windows easier to manage ...
Designers are trained to consider alternatives, software people generally are not ... Software engineering is the technological and managerial discipline concerned ...
Better three studies with 5 users than one with 15? Usability testing ... In product design field studies can be used to: - identify opportunities for new technology ...
CS 728 Advanced Database Systems Chapter 16 Database File Organization: Unordered, Ordered, and Hashed Files of Records Disk I/O Model of Computation Disk I/O is ...
Data stored as magnetized areas on magnetic disk surfaces. ... in the block Slotted Page Structure Records can be moved around within a ... revolutions per minute ...
Chapter 13 Relational Calculus,Visual Query Languages, and Deductive Databases SQL and Relational Calculus Although relational algebra is useful in the analysis of ...
Read page containing item to buffer in DBMS (if it is not already there) ... Small page size reduce transfer time, reduce buffer size in main memory ...
Response time average time to wait for a response to a particular query ... selection condition (they are stored contiguously since index on CrsCode is clustered) ...
... Name, Address, Hobbies) A person entity with multiple hobbies yields multiple ... SSN is key of entity set, but (SSN, Hobby) is key of corresponding relation ...
Relational Normalization Theory Chapter 8 Limitations of E-R Designs Provides a set of guidelines, does not result in a unique database schema Does not provide a way ...
Provides a set of guidelines, does not result in a unique ... Autobrand Manufacturer, Engine type. Pontiac is built by General Motors with gasoline engine ...
SQL in the Real World Chapter 10 Interactive vs. Non-Interactive SQL Interactive SQL: SQL statements input from terminal; DBMS outputs to screen Inadequate for most ...
ON Transcript TO joe. on regular tables, if SQL allowed attribute lists in GRANT SELECT ... Portion of truth table: Rows are discarded if WHERE condition is F ...
... scan: can be used for ... First approach: Find the most selective access path, retrieve ... The cost of joining two relations makes the choice of a join ...
Selectivity of an access path = number of pages retrieved using that path ... access paths support a query, DBMS chooses the one with lowest selectivity ...
Cursors. Result set set of rows produced by a SELECT statement ... For updatable (not insensitive, not read-only) cursors. UPDATE table-name --base table ...