Databases of information

Internal information can take many froms. it may be verbal, written or electronic, and original from current or historical records.

A collection of data organised so that the information can be accessed and utilised by many different applications.

The benefits are;

• the need to store duplicates information is eliminated;

• avoids data redundancy;

• common data exists for users to share;

• data is independent of the programs;

• consistent use of data;

• effective control and management of the use of an organisations data.