is similar to 
a socket or file handle for network connections and files respectively.
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</dd><dt><font color="black"><b>database browser:</b></font></dt><dd><font color="black"> 
A piece of software that allows you to directly connect to a database 
and manipulate the database directly without writing a program.
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</dd><dt><font color="black"><b>foreign key:</b></font></dt><dd><font color="black"> A numeric key that p