Databases

Databases

1. Examples

   • Agencies
     • Client data
     • Services data
     • Reservations data
   • Police
     • Identification data
     • Criminal record data
     • Fingerprints data
   • Employment
     • references data
     • Pay data
     • qualifications data
   • Health
     • Doctors records
     • Medical records
     • Client details
   • Sales of goods
     • Orders data
     • Sales data
     • Products data
   • Libraries
     • Loans of books
     • Stamps
     • Ccustomers details

2. Why are they used?

   • Perform calculations
     • It can perform them Quickly and accurately, it can interpret large amounts of data and it can summarise.
   • Interpret data
     • Interpreting data means you can find out information which can then help you make decisions, or changes to your product, business
   • Make decicions
     • Helps you make quick decisions for your company for the better, easily and effectively.
   • Present information
     • Use forms and reports because it is easy for the user to look at and use, It helps people who are not very good with IT and prevents you from deleting something by accident
   • Improve productivity
     • This improves productivity because it is well structure and the user can read quickly and easy.
   • Manage large datasets
     • easy to keep record, easily to store, easy to analyse them, for example, sort and filter.
   • Keep information safe and secure
     • You can hide it or keep it from anyone that you don't want to see it
   • Helps people work collaboratively