| Database server | An information storage system that is able to serve information to you. |
| MySQL | The name of the database server that we'll use. Oracle is another common one. |
| Database | Within MySQL you can set up multiple databases, each for a specific purpose. The database used in this class is named beernink_html. |
| Table | Within a database, information is stored in tables. Each table contains one specific type of information such as names, addresses or articles. |
| Row | Within a table, each name or address is stored in a row. |
| Column | The information in a row is divided into columns. For example, a table storing names might have first, middle and last columns. |
| Connection | Before your web page can request information from a database, it must get a connection to the database. In our examples the connection is made automatically. |
| Query | A request to a database to store or retrieve information is called a query. |