| How Databases Work
& The Basics of Searching
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QUIZ! . . . Scared you, didn't we?
Q: Which of these is a database?
The Phone Book -- The TV Guide
-- The Library Catalog
A: All three of
them are!
A database is a way to store information about specific items. It stores
that information in the form of records and fields. A Record identifies
an item in the database. The Fields in each record describe the
item.
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