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Q8 2025? 147

• Security Guide: Anatomy of a Heartbleed 150
• Guide: Keeping Up to Speed 152

Case Study 4: The Apple of Your i 157

5: daTabaSe ProCeSSInG 161

Q1 What Is the Purpose of a Database? 163

Q2 What Is a Database? 164
Relationships Among Rows 165
Metadata 167
• Ethics Guide: Querying Inequality? 168
Q3 What Is a Database Management System (DBMS)? 170

Q4 How Do Database Applications Make Databases More
Useful? 172
Traditional Forms, Queries, Reports, and Applications 174
Browser Forms, Reports, Queries, and Applications 175
Multiuser Processing 178
Q5 How Are Data Models Used for Database
Development? 178
What Is the Entity-Relationship Data Model? 179
Q6 How Is a Data Model Transformed into a Database Design? 182

Normalization 182
Representing Relationships 184
Q7 What Is the Users’ Role in the Development of
Databases? 187

Q8 2025? 187
• Security Guide: Theft by SQL Injection 190
• Guide: Immanuel Kant, Data Modeler 192
Case Study 5: Searching for Pianos . . . 198

6: The CloUd 205

Q1 Why Is the Cloud the Future for Most Organizations? 207
What Is the Cloud? 207
Why Is the Cloud Preferred to In-House Hosting? 210
Why Now? 211
When Does the Cloud Not Make Sense? 211