The document discusses how databases store and organize data. Databases store data in tables which contain records made up of individual fields of information. Each record is uniquely identified by a primary key such as a student ID number or patient number so that information can be correctly associated with the right person or object. Records contain multiple fields that each hold a single piece of data about the person or thing that the record represents.

2. Databases store data or information in tables, just like the one below:
The table allows you to see all of the records stored in the database. Tables
can store many records, from a few dozen for a small database up to millions
for a large company database.

3. Each table contains a lot of records.
A record is made up of lots of individual pieces of information. Look at
Wonder Woman's record: it stores her first name, last name, address, city and
age.
Each of these individual pieces of information in a record is called a 'field'.
DEFINITION: a 'field' is one piece of data or information about a person or
thing.

4. Every single record in a database has something to uniquely identify it and
this is called the 'Primary Key' or sometimes the 'Key Field'.
Examples can include:
• When you started school, you were given a 'student ID' or an 'office
number' (primary key).
This enables all of the girls called Charlotte Smith to be recognised.
• When patients go into hospital, they are given a patient number
(primary key).
This means that any treatment can be recorded on their record and they
will be given the right operation.

5. DEFINITION: A record is all of the data or information about one
person or one thing.
In the table below, all of the information about each cartoon
character is stored in a 'row' or 'record'.