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What is a database?

Database is used to store organized information, so that we can manage and retrieve information, typically database is made up of many linked tables of rows and columns.

Field: each column represents field.
Record: each row represents one record.
Table: collection records.


In simple i can say database is collection of data, we can perform operations like:
1. Storing data(Save)
2. Manipulating data (Update, Delete, insert)
3. Retrieve data (When ever necessary we can see the data)

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