Database

A collection of data organized for search and retrieval. (Ex: telephone book, recipe fle, file cabinet, dictionary, SIMS, CD-ROM encyclopedia, on-line databases) also known as a database file.

This is a picture of a student table. A database can contain many tables. When there is only one table in the database, it is customary to call it a database. A table represents a person, place or thing. In this example, it represents students. Each row or record represents related information for a particular student. Each column or field represnts an individual component of the student information (first, last, address, city, state and so on).