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A database is a collection of information which has been organised into categories, information is then stored within these categories in a table. Within the table are columns that the information is split into, tables also have rows of information which populate the columns. For example:

A table called “Contacts” could contain the following columns:

  • Title
  • Firstname
  • Surname
  • Telephone
  • Email address
  • Every entry into the Contacts table would be contained within a row for example the following would be separate rows:

  • Mr James Bond 007-007-007 james.bond@mi5.com
  • Mr Bill Gates 0178-89725-22 william.gates@microsoft.com
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