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>It is the worlds most popular database, despite not actually being a database. "A database is an organized collection of data, generally stored and accessed e
by carlmr 6y ago
>It is the worlds most popular database, despite not actually being a database.
"A database is an organized collection of data, generally stored and accessed electronically from a computer system."[1]
Excel is an organized collection of data, stored and accessed electronically from a computer system. So I would call it a database.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database
- Isthatablackgsd 6y agoExcel is not a database, it is a spreadsheet. They are different beasts. This link will explain the difference between two of them. https://365datascience.com/explainer-video/database-vs-spreadsheet/ https://365datascience.com/explainer-video/database-vs-sprea...
- carlmr 6y agoWhat i was getting at is that it fulfills the (very) basic definition of a database, even though it's very bad for this purpose.