Data Base

Data Base

1. Examples of data bases

   • A Dictionary
   • A Thesaurus
   • Contacts in a mobile phone
   • The library
   • Server room

2. What information does the school have about you?

   • Full name
   • Date of Birth
   • Address
   • Allergies
   • Contact numbers
   • Parent's details
   • Doctors details
   • Our bad and good behaviour records

3. What is a data base?

   • A data base is a place where the data is stored. It is organised, structured, easy to handle and easy to process.

4. Advantages of Electronic Data Bases

   • You can have a backup so if our school burns down we have a backup in broadoak
   • They are organised so you can find what you want easily
   • Most of it is encrypted so if someone stole it they couldn't read it

5. Advantages of paper-based Data Bases

   • Its harder to get because you can hack a computer but to get the paper based data you have to go and get it.
   • Its physical so if the computers shut down and you can't access the data you can get the paper

6. Disadvantages of Paper-based Data Bases

   • Its not very organised because the paper could be all over the place in thick piles
   • Things would take much longer to find than electronic data bases to find

7. Disadvantages of Electronic Data Bases

   • If the computers shut down and don't work then you can't access any of the data

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