Database Activity: The Yellow Pages

What is a database?

A database is a structured collection of records or data. A computer database relies upon software to organize the storage of data. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database

Examples of Databases

An example of a data base is:

* www.google.com.au

* www.yellowpages.com.au

* www.yahoo.com

Yellow Pages Challenges

1. I know there is a computer shop in the main street of Katoomba (Katoomba St.), but I don’t know its name. See if you can find the number for me.

Blue mountains business machines

99 KatoombaSt

Katoomba

NSW,

2780

Australia

ph: 02 4782 2333

1. Sally lives in Merrylands on Fowler Rd. and she wants to know the closest florist to where she lives. Help her out (see if you can get her a map).

M& A fresh cut flowers

91a Fowler Rd

Merrylands NSW

2160

ph: (02) 9892 1564

3. You want the phone numbers of some motels in Noosa QLD. But of course your phone book only has NSW numbers?

6 Hastings St Noosa Heads QLD 4567ph: (07) 5447 3077

4. Just for fun try the white pages and see if you can find a map of you or your friends house.\