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raw facts

something simple and seemingly random and useless

building blocks of information

result of processing raw data to reveal its meaning

simple as organizing data to reveal patterns or as complex as making forecasts

focuses on the proper generation, storage, and retrieval of data

organized collection of data

provide a description of the data characteristics
-name of each data element
-type of values

manages the database structure

Supports only one user at a time