Transcript What is a Database?

Year 8 ICT @ WBGS
Understanding
Databases
What is a
Database?
• Information that is
organised
• Allows user to search
Database to find
information
Why would
a Database
be useful?
Where
would you
find a
Database?
Faster
School
Efficient
Supermarket
Doctors
Any business
What Makes up a Database?
Fields
First Name, Second Name,Title
Telephone Number, Email, Postcode
What Makes up a Database?
Records
Group of Completed Fields
Database Terminology
A Field is….
Part of a record containing one specific
data item. Eg. Name, Address, DOB,
Genre
A Record is…
A collection of completed fields
Your Database Project
• DVD Collection
• What fields would you need?