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Database

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Database

Definition
- Database is a place where information is stored,it would be easy to access and and easy to retrieve it and it would be easy to process it .
What data does the school store about me?
- Every school stores a lot of information about me and everyone else for example:
  - when you are born and when your birthday is
  - what your primary school was
  - what all your levels are
  - attendance
  - how old you are
  - behaviour
  - history
  - what you are allergic to
  - medical information
  - where you live
  - your parents phone number
What other businesses store data about people
- every job you have they store a lot of information about you for example:
  - when you are born and when your birthday is
  - history(if you were good in school
  - medical information
  - where you live
  - your phone number
  - how old you are
examples of a database
- there are different database for example
  - paper based
    - yellow pages
    - phonebook
  - both
    - A library stores details of all their books in a database
    - a police database
    - school registers
    - telephone directories
  - computer based
    - search engines
    - electrial registers
Advantages
- Back up anf restore
- it is well organised so you can find things very easily
- it can hold a lot of data
- itt can be kept secure
Disadvantages
- you can get errors and loose all your data
- it is complex to use
- you would need ict skills