An application that manages data and allows fast storage and retrieval of that data is a database. Various formats of information are provided by a Database. Different kinds of information like Dynamic schema, Dynamic partitioning of data across large dynamic numbers of machines and Modern indexing Google are provided by different databases. The world has been spoilt by these databases. In some hundred milliseconds, typing in some words gets you all the needed results and everyone knows this by now. There are many databases that are used by various industries and businesses and many of them are updated too on a persistent basis. What is your opinion on this?

This site is a database of sorts. It also uses mysql to store all its content.

 

The web wouldn't be what it is today without databases.