DEFINITIONS

Database:

A structured set of related data usually held within a computer.

Spreadsheet:
an electronic document in which data is arranged in the rows and columns of a grid in a tabular or graphical form and can be manipulated and used for calculations .

DATABASES

• They store a large amount of data.
• 1 database consists of a series of related series of tables.
• Databases are commonly used by web servers and companies that need to keep track of a lot of data such as products and clients that have bought these products
• Are not modified directly by people but by other applications as data requiring a database is often very large.

SPREADSHEETS

• Can't store even a fraction of what databases usually store.
• This is due to the fact that spreadsheets are directly edited by human beings and too much data in one spreadsheet would make the task difficult.
• commonly used by accountants for financial transactions, scientists for recording experiment figures and engineers for various calculations.