This page will be mainly concerned with electronic databases and how they can help you. The continuing development of PCs and software has made databases easy, accessible and important engineering tools.
Databases are the ideal format for inputting, storing, searching and retrieving information.
You are probably using databases almost every day and may not realize it. A database is simply a collection of information, with some common relationship. What is more commonly understood as a database is actually an electronic program which retrieves information from a source. Database programs allow for search and retrieval of information based on criteria set by the user. Databases are not restricted to electronics, as an example, a telephone book is a database.