Microsoft Access is a Rational Database Management System (RDBMS) whose features are designed to suit the need of users. It is An application/package.
• Database Terminologies
Data: Is a layman language data are raw facts in the form of Ideas, observations, happenings, events etc.which have not been converted processed into a meaningful form.
Data (the plural of datum) represent any Independent fact, observations, happenings, they take the form of numbers, letters or special characters (i.e symbols) e.g Salisu Muhammad,07025262542,salisumuhammad2215@gmail.com, etc. Data are therefore needed to take account of what has happened before, what is happening now, and what can happened in the future.
• Source Of Data
There are two source of data to private or public organization, these are:
1. Internal Sources: internal source consist of line officers such as Data gathered internally generally relate to the activities of the organization E.g. purchase orders contract items, sale receipts, internal memos, minutes of meetings, etc.
2. External Source: these comprises of customers, vendors, union officials, suppliers, competations, government agencies, present and prospective investors, and of course, and general public. they provide data related to their interest to the organization and they expect feedback.