database

database

1. data entered in a persistent and orginised way

2. computer

   • search engine
   • microsoft office
   • argos store checker
   • phone book on a phone
   • diary
   • there easy to update
   • they are quicker to search on
   • you can make lots of copies
   • you have as many pages as you want
   • this costs more because you need more equitment
   • could all be lost if the computer breakes

3. paper

   • yellow pages
   • chinese take away menu
   • calender
   • diary
   • you dont need any technical equitment
   • there cheaper because you dont need all the equitment
   • you can make lots of copies
   • you dont need wifi
   • less complex
   • this is more expenceve because you might get lots of coppies
   • slower at getting infomation
   • easy to use

4. a record is a collection of fields

5. a field is a single piece of data