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Databases are involved with everything we do online. From social networking to the BBC website, databases are crucial tools used to store large amounts of data in an organised way.
Microsoft Office Access is a popular database package but there are alternatives such as OpenOffice Base.
Databases are widely used. Schools, the NHS, supermarkets, Facebook, Google and YouTube all make use of databases. Any company or organisation that stores large amounts of data almost certainly stores it in a database.
The services and companies mentioned above use their databases to:
Your school probably keeps track of the most popular dishes on the canteen menu so that it always has enough to serve to students.
Databases can store huge amounts of data without taking up any space in the real world.
It is much quicker to query or search a database than it is to riffle through hundreds or even thousands of paper records.
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