Coding Techniques
• Sequence
Items numbered consecutively
• Block
Specific range of numbers are associated with a category
- 10000-199999 = Electric Range
• Group
Positioning of digits in code provide meaning
• Mnemonic
Letters and numbers
Easy to memorize
Code derived from description of item
• Chart of accounts
Type of block coding
• Computer Based Storage
Person, place, or thing (Noun)
Something an organization wishes to store data about
Attributes
- Facts about the entity
Fields
- Where attributes are stored
Records
- Group of related attributes an entity
File
- Group of related Records