What is Database and advantages of Database?

 A database is an organized collection of data, generally stored and accessed electronically from a computer system. For example, a company database may include tables for products, employees, and financial records. Each of these tables would have different fields that are relevant to the information stored in the table. The some common advantages of database are:-

1. Ability to store large amounts of information:-

This ability is essential for large companies with a large number of customers and this volume of information must be handled very precisely.

2. Sharing information:-

Databases allow users to share common information. Therefore, if you have a business with different company locations you can share your data at same time with the different business locations.

3. Having quick access to information:-

The information is obtained quickly and easily, which greatly facilitates the work and allows you having better customer service.

4. Easy maintenance:-

As the information is digitized it is easier and economical to carry out any maintenance.

5. Information Security:-

A database can have several parts depending on users. You can limit certain access to certain parts of the data for certain users. That way the security and confidentiality of data will be guaranteed and secured.