databases

[|BBC's explanation of a database]

A **database** consists of an organised collection of data for one or more multiple uses. One way of classifying **databases** involves the type of content, for example: bibliographic, full-text, numeric, image. Other classification methods start from examining [|database models] or database architectures.

Databases are used to collect and store data/information in an organised and easily accessbile way. For example, Lesley will have a database stored on the compiterwith all the information abpout every child in the school. She will be able to add new pupils easily and find emergency contact numbers for children simply. [| Website for KS2 science databases]