Summary IT163 Unit1 .docx IT163 IT163 Unit 1 Assignment Purdue University Global IT163 Database Concepts Using Microsoft Access The term €˜relational database was created by E. F. Codd in 1970, while working at IBM (Relational Database, n.d.). A relational

IT163 Unit1 .docx IT163 IT163 Unit 1 Assignment Purdue University Global IT163 Database Concepts Using Microsoft Access The term €˜relational database was created by E. F. Codd in 1970, while working at IBM (Relational Database, n.d.). A relational database is a type of database that stores data on multiple tables and provides access to this data through pre-defined relationships between data points across the multiple tables. One main benefit of a relational database is the ability to create useful information by combining the multiple tables (Relational Databases, 2019). A relational database allows you to collect and store data that can be used to create and analyze data in the form of reports. Microsoft Access is a relational database management system. Access stores data in related tables, where data from one table is related to data in another table (Michael Alexander, 2016). Access uses dat