FILE ORGANIZATION: Another way of thinking about database components ENTITY: Person, Place, Thing, Event about Which Data Must be Kept( a record describes an entity ATTRIBUTE: Description of a particular ENTITY corresponds to fields) KEY FIELD: Field Used to retrieve Update, Sort RECORDHUANG Lihua, Fudan University FILE ORGANIZATION : Another way of thinking about database components—— • ENTITY: Person, Place, Thing, Event about Which Data Must be Kept ( a record describes an entity ) • ATTRIBUTE: Description of a Particular ENTITY （corresponds to fields) • KEY FIELD: Field Used to Retrieve, Update, Sort RECORD *