a: relational database ~
b: a large spreadsheet
What:
"A relational database is like a large spreadsheet. Each field is a column, each row is an entry. Relational databases use a set of tables to organize data. Each entry must be unambiguously identified Names are not reliable e.g. incorrectly assigned gene function Unique IDs (UID)s are used, e.g. in GenBank these are calledaccession numbers"
Useful?
Writer: Not Stated
LCC:
Where:
Date: Dec 25 2014 11:54 AM
# 6908 Critique Analogy