What does Microsoft Access actually do?

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All I know is that it’s a “database management system”, and I don’t even know what that means! I have tried fooling around with Access and have gotten nowhere. Where do I start and what is the purpose of this?

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So if you’ve ever heard of SQL server, this is like a much more compact and barebones version of that.

You can create small databases (collections of information; say a list of houses, their costs per square foot, their square footage, color, etc), and you can create queries in which to search through that data. So with my house example, you can filter out the data by zip code, color, and square footage, and work the math for how much it would cost based on the square footage.

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