Introduction to Basic Database Concepts

Course details

Databases are used in applications or devices with softwarethat stores and retrieves information. Applications likeFacebook, Twitter,Instagram,Pinterest,Snapchat,Google Hotmail Mobile phones and other portable devicesall have the ability to store and retrieve data. They all are able to achievethis using a database. Places like Banks,Hospitals,Airlines Supermarkets alluse databases to store and retrieve data or information. Things like yourSocial security number ,Hospital Records number or Bank account number are allstored in a database .

There are several concepts associated withdatabases and we will explore some of them in this course. We will learn aboutprimary keys,foreign keys,schemas,Flat file database,hierarchial databases.

We interact with databases daily in our lives likewhen we read our emails or post something on Facebook or twitter . This course will teach you the very basics of some database conceptsand 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