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ICT Presenting Information Coursework Robert Scott A card based catalogue is a system of keeping information in a paper based format. You write basic details about one item such as its name, price, colour, size etc. All the cards would have similar details, set out in the same way the cards are then set in alphabetical chronological or numerical order. An advantage in having a card-based system is that information can not be lost due to technological faults or breakages in the form of power surges viruses etc. A disadvantage in using the system is that it's almost impossible to store or locate exact information like a Size 18 pair of trousers for woman there are often too many pieces of conflicting information. A computer data-base is data that's stored on a computer in a database program "Microsoft Access. It's a collection of related data items which are structured and linked...

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