Application of Database

 Databases are widely used in following sector: 

  1. Banking: Stores the information of customer, accounts, loans and transactions performed. 
  2. Airlines: Stores information of customer, reservation, flights, schedule, transactions. 
  3. Universities: Stores information of Students, Faculties, courses, grades, curriculum, achievements etc.
  4. Credit card transactions: stores information of purchases, generation of monthly statements, bills, history of payments, etc.
  5. Telecommunication: Stores the records of incoming and outgoing calls, data usage, generating monthly bills, maintaining balance of prepaid cards, communication network, roaming details, etc.
  6. Finance: Stores information of purchase and sale of holdings, stocks, bonds, etc.
  7. Manufacturing: Stores information of products, orders for products, inventories of products available in warehouse or shops, tracking products, production, supply chain management, etc.
  8. Human resources: Stores information of employees, designations, salaries, payroll taxes, generation of payment, duration of work, type of work allocated, etc.
  9. E – Commerce: Stores information of customers, sellers, employees, products, purchase & billing of products, amount of products available in Warehouse, tracking products, etc.

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