No. A database can be manual, like a phone book or a shopping list. For it to be a database it needs to be structured or organised. If you take a phone book, although there are thousands of names in it, you can usually find a phone number you are looking for very quickly. This is because the phone book is structured and organised. So it does not have to be on a computer to be a database. A manual database can be computerised. The data would be entered into a computer.
no it can be hand writen by doctors
Did you mean to say what is a computerized database?
A manual database is a paper based database. A computerized database is one which is held on a computer in an organised manner. A computerized database is more advantageous than manual database in terms of speed, flexibility, and ease.A manual database would normally be data held on paper. So this could be things like a phone book or address book, or files held in a filing cabinet. A computerised database is held on a computer in an organised and structured form. Usually this is done using a database application such as Oracle or Access etc. It is easy to manipulate and extract data, so far more efficient than a manual database.
Folders on computers. e.g computerised Yellow page( computerised phone book). Normal phone books are paper-based database.
- Sometimes doesn't save you work. - They can break down. - It can crash. - It can shut down. - Power outage. - A hacker. - It stops working. - Virus. - Cost.
We would use in rather than on. Data is stored in a database, not on a database. Data is entered into a database not onto a database.
Did you mean to say what is a computerized database?
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An internal database is a Computerized collections of information obtained from data sources within the company.
An internal database is a Computerized collections of information obtained from data sources within the company.
time consuming
I think the advantages of computerized system are: 1. It uses electricity. 2. It helps us to be lazy. 3. Sometimes it has a problem. 4. Computerized database are sometimes has an error. But for me, computerized system is better than manual database. ^_^
A manual database is a paper based database. A computerized database is one which is held on a computer in an organised manner. A computerized database is more advantageous than manual database in terms of speed, flexibility, and ease.A manual database would normally be data held on paper. So this could be things like a phone book or address book, or files held in a filing cabinet. A computerised database is held on a computer in an organised and structured form. Usually this is done using a database application such as Oracle or Access etc. It is easy to manipulate and extract data, so far more efficient than a manual database.
MySQL, Oracle, Microsoft Access, Borland Paradox, etc.
MySQL, Oracle, Microsoft Access, Borland Paradox, etc.
The computerized medical database should be on-line to the computer terminal only when authorized computer programs requiring the medical data are being used. Individuals and organizations external to the clinical facility should not be provided with on-line access to a computerized data base containing identifiable data from medical records concerning patients. visit: http://www.netreach.net/~wmanning/ama507.htm
Folders on computers. e.g computerised Yellow page( computerised phone book).
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