Introduction to Basic Database Concepts
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Brief Introduction
Learn the basic fundamentals of databasesDescription
Databases are used in applications or devices with software that stores and retrieves information. Applications like Facebook, Twitter,Instagram,Pinterest,Snapchat,Google Hotmail Mobile phones and other portable devices all have the ability to store and retrieve data. They all are able to achieve this using a database. Places like Banks,Hospitals,Airlines Supermarkets all use databases to store and retrieve data or information. Things like your Social security number ,Hospital Records number or Bank account number are all stored in a database .
There are several concepts associated with databases and we will explore some of them in this course. We will learn about primary keys,foreign keys,schemas,Flat file database,hierarchial databases.
We interact with databases daily in our lives like when we read our emails or post something on Facebook or twitter . This course will teach you the very basics of some database concepts and the course is video based and less than1 hour.
What You Learn in this course:
- What is a Client – Server Computing
- What you will learn includes
- What is a database
- What is a Flat file database
- What is a Flat hierarchical database
- What is a RDMS
- What is a Database schema
- What is a Primary Key
- What is a Foreign key
Requirements
- Requirements
- A basic knowledge of how to use a computer and internet.