Sunday, August 16, 2009

Blog Task

1. What is a data base?
A database is a collection of data that is organised in tables/list about a specific topic that can be easily accessed, managed and updated. Anything that stores lists/tables of data, ie, inventory list.

2. What are the different types of databases?
Flat file database excel spreadsheet.
Relational database, this is a tabular type database in which data is defined so that it can be reorganized and accessed in a number of different ways, eg. lists.
Distributed database database is one that stored on various computers in a network - multiple user, eg. Chisholm.
Object-oriented programming database - works well with object programming languages

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