Eli5: What is database in computer

Question

What are the terms, sql database and how its used everyday.

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Answer 1

A database is at the most basic level – a spreadsheet.
Each column is called a “table” and each row in that column is a line of data.
A database is just a large collection of data that is sorted into categories by a program that manages the finding and changing/adding/removing of data in those columns.

For example – we can database your name.
We can have column A – First column B – middle Column C – last.

Now that we have that data and it’s separated into categories- we can use it in other programs or scenarios.