Computing
Digital media
Year 3 – Important Information
Databases
A database is a system on a computer that makes it easy to search, select and store information. Databases
are used in libraries, museums. doctors surgeries, to store car registration plate owner information and
many more places.
We can search a database that somebody else has made to find information. We type in a keyword into
the search field:
And this will bring up any records containing that keyword.
To create our own databases, we have to type information into fields:
Microsoft Word
Word is a word-processing program used for creating documents such as letters, brochures, factsheets and
many more. Text can be formatted in a variety of ways:
