From the course: CompTIA IT Fundamentals (FC0-U61) Cert Prep 3: Computer Maintenance and Troubleshooting, Databases, and Programming
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Introduction to databases
From the course: CompTIA IT Fundamentals (FC0-U61) Cert Prep 3: Computer Maintenance and Troubleshooting, Databases, and Programming
Introduction to databases
- Hi, there. I'm Scott Jernigan, and in this episode, I want to explore databases. Databases are incredibly powerful and useful in modern computing. To new users, though, they can seem difficult or opaque, so let's clear that picture right now, starting with what you know. We have a teacher, Eliza, who wants to keep track of her math students throughout the semester. She needs to record information, such as student names, maybe demographic information, like gender or race, test scores, notes on improvements or discipline and so on. By recording this information, she can track how the students are doing during the semester, very quickly seeing if Joy's grades are slipping or if Billy's acting up more than usual. How could she accomplish this goal of tracking her students? The traditional way is through a gradebook, right, a handwritten list of names, grades, and other information. In computer jargon, this gradebook is…
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