Databases are the foundation for many applications. The data that they store can be anything: a name, age, height, weight, file, or picture. Because databases are organized to support electronic storage and manipulation of information, they are a great way to manage data. For example, electricity service providers use databases to organize billing and client …
Advantages of Databases and Metadata Management Tools
A database is a collection of structured data that can be easily managed, updated, and searched. A simple analogy is the library, which has an enormous collection of books. These are data, and the data are stored in the databases. The school's student registry, for example, is a database. The student records are organized and …
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Types of Databases and Metadata Management Tools
A database is a set of data organized on a computer and provides cross-referencing capabilities. It also lets users search for data by keywords and rearrange data using sorting and grouping commands. By combining data from multiple records, a database can be used to create reports that contain particular aggregates of data. A database can …
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