Monday, March 26, 2012

Week 8: Databases


A database is defined as a collection of data. Various things can be qualified as a database and this system is one of them. It is a database because it has a collection of clothing options, weather options, and mood options.
A database stores information systematically, in rows and columns. On this system, the options for mood and weather would both be stored in a column. The clothing choices would most likely be in a row, however showed visually.
The goals of databases are efficiency and integrity. In this system it would be efficient because there would not be a repetition of items of clothing as well as potentially outfits chosen if the mood and weather is similar from one day to the next. It can meet the goal of data integrity because adding, editing, and deleting clothing options would be up to date and easy to do.

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