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Demystifying Technology without Jargon

  1. API
  2. Binary Code
  3. Cache
  4. Compiling
  5. Cookie
  6. Database
  7. Defragmenting
  8. Exploit
  9. IP Address
  10. Open Source
  11. Phishing
  12. Router
  13. Server
  14. VPN
  15. Web Browser

Database

A database is an organized collection of data. The data are typically organized to model aspects of reality in a way that supports processes requiring information. For example, modelling the availability of rooms in hotels in a way that supports finding a hotel with vacancies.

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A Database is an Address Book

Address books store names commonly by last name or first name in alphabetical order. By storing them in a specific order, finding a name is much quicker than in a phone book that is unordered. A database is similar in that it stores information in an orderly fashion.

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