data is information that can be recorded and has a known meaning  database is an organized collection of logically related data that are typically - persistant, shared, interelated
data is information that can be recorded and has a known meaning  database is an organized collection of logically related data that are typically - persistant, shared, interelated
good data from related applications is  pooled together in logically related files  and can be  accessed by multiple applications  through a database