Oracle Database 10g_ Database Fundamentals
CRITICAL SKILL 1.1: Define a Database
Database you say—now there's a word you hear all the time! In a nutshell, a database is
an electronic collection of information designed to meet a handful of needs:
Databases provide one-stop shopping for all your data storage requirements. The
database contains any amount of data, from the small to the huge.
Databases must provide mechanisms to retrieve data quickly as applications
interact with their contents.
Databases allow the sharing of corporate data such that personnel data is shared
amongst one's payroll, benefits, and pension systems....