Could anyone List 10 places that databases are used?

Databases are used all over the place for many purposes. Databases take many forms as well. Whereever data is stored, one could argue that it's a database. So here are just a few places...

1) Schools use databases to track students, enrollment, grades, and report cards.

2) Banks use database to track money in accounts and transactions to those accounts.

3) Stores use databases to keep track of inventory and current prices.

4) Phone companies use databases to keep track of your phone usage and the accounting of charges to you.

5) Doctors use databases to track patients.

6) Electric companies use databases to track power usage and bill customers.

7) Internet service providers use databases (DNS servers) to convert the website addresses (like http:\\www.wikianswers.com\) to IP addresses such as 209.85.96.27, that computers use to find and communicate with other computers on the internet.

8) Online auction websites use databases to track the products being auctioned, the users, the bids, and the payment of those transactions.

9) Government uses databases to track tax payers and the payments they make, or fail to make.

10) WikiAnswers.com uses a database to track these questions and answers.

There are many more uses for databases. Databases usually need to be customized for each use. There are generic databases that are intended for specific purposes that are available as prepackaged software, but most of the examples provided above are typically built as custom solutions. QuickBooks, TurboTax, Quicken, and Microsoft Money, are all examples of non-custom databases that are reusable for many people for similar purposes.

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