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Basics of Databases

Basics of Databases

Get a quick introduction to databases.

Data

Data is facts about any object under evaluation. For example, let’s review the features of an imaginary park bench.

We could state that the bench has the following attributes:

  • It’s green
  • It has shaky legs
  • It’s rusty

All of these characteristics are data about the park bench.

Databases

Databases are data containers. Assume we have a jar of cookies; that jar is the database because it contains the cookies, and the cookies are the data. Databases can store various types of data, just like ...