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Do you mean IT? If you do IT stands for Information Technology. So it is Technology that deals with information such as databases, web pages, and just about every thing dealing with the internet.
Databases are used all over the place for many purposes. Databases take many forms as well. Whereever data is stored, one could argue that it's a database. So here are just a few places... 1) Schools use databases to track students, enrollment, grades, and report cards. 2) Banks use database to track money in accounts and transactions to those accounts. 3) Stores use databases to keep track of inventory and current prices. 4) Phone companies use databases to keep track of your phone usage and the accounting of charges to you. 5) Doctors use databases to track patients. 6) Electric companies use databases to track power usage and bill customers. 7) Internet service providers use databases (DNS servers) to convert the website addresses (like http:\\www.wikianswers.com\) to IP addresses such as 209.85.96.27, that computers use to find and communicate with other computers on the internet. 8) Online auction websites use databases to track the products being auctioned, the users, the bids, and the payment of those transactions. 9) Government uses databases to track tax payers and the payments they make, or fail to make. 10) WikiAnswers.com uses a database to track these questions and answers. There are many more uses for databases. Databases usually need to be customized for each use. There are generic databases that are intended for specific purposes that are available as prepackaged software, but most of the examples provided above are typically built as custom solutions. QuickBooks, TurboTax, Quicken, and Microsoft Money, are all examples of non-custom databases that are reusable for many people for similar purposes.
Analytical databaseThese databases store data and information extracted from selected operational and external databases. They consist of summarized data and information most needed by an organization's management and other end-users. Some people refer to analytical databases as multidimensional databases, management databases, or information databases.Operational databaseThese databases store detailed data needed to support the operations of an entire organization. They are also called subject-area databases (SADB), transaction databases, and production databases. For example:customer databasespersonal databasesinventory databasesDistributed databaseThese are databases of local work-groups and departments at regional offices, branch offices, manufacturing plants and other work sites. These databases can include segments of both common operational and common user databases, as well as data generated and used only at a user's own site.
There are several types of databases that can be used for research purposes, including relational databases, NoSQL databases, and data warehouses. Each type has its own strengths and weaknesses, so researchers should choose the one that best fits their needs.
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