Database

What is a database?
It's a comprehensive collection of related data organized for convenient access.

Who uses databases?
Anybody and everybody!!!

Types of databases

• Analytic
• Management 
• Operational
• Flat-File
• Hierarchical 

analytic

• Support business intelligence 
• Used for transaction data
• Stores historical data on business metrics 

management

• Acts as a data warehouse for information technology
• Holds a collection of IT assets
• Gives you targets of how you're doing good and bad

operational

• Used to manage dynamic data in real time
• Allow you to do more than just view the data
• Allows you to modify that data doing it in real time 

sources

• dictionary.com
• wikipedia.com
• ask.com
• google.com

I would chose analytic database for cosmetology because you can view all the past history of your clients and see what they got and when they got it for future references.

Brands of software

• IBM
• ORACLE
• ACCESS
• MICROSOFT