What is a Database?

What's a database?

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Databases are modern miracles essential to running businesses of all sizes. An example -

1. Supermarkets have databases about each item on the shelves - vendor, cost, sales price, inventory, etc.
   
   
2. At checkout, we get a printout of each item we've purchased as the cashier scans sales into the computer. This also inputs more data to the company database.
   
   
3. The main office uses this information to compile reports about product sales by store, by vendor, etc.
   
   
4. Invoices and payments feed more information to the database. In fact, it's hard to imagine medium to large-size businesses without lots of people feeding lots of information into their databases.
   
   
5. In return, the computer manipulates the data and spits it out in ways designed specifically for the users, managers and executives.

How does that relate to your business?

Just imagine all that paper stored in your file cabinet (or not!) converted to POWER! Your own custom database assisting your day-to-day operations and presenting you with the information you need to more effectively run your business.

Large businesses have databases - now it's your turn.