ABSTRACT
Microsoft Access 2.0 is a relational database authoring system that was designed to run under Microsoft Windows 3.1. With Access, one can create database systems that can include not only data, but also programs to compile and process those data. A database is “a comprehensive collection of related data organized for convenient access, generally in a computer” according to The Random House Dictionary of the English Language. Databases are generally used to facilitate the manipulation of data, e.g., adding, deleting, and modifying data quickly and easily. The data portion of an Access database is organized in tables of records. A classic example of a record is the individual cards of a rolodex. The table would be the rolodex itself. Other types of information often stored in a database include financial data, statistics, and experimental results.
