MCA Microsoft Certified Associate Azure Data Engineer Study Guide

Chapter 2CREATE DATABASE dbName; GO

If you think about it, without data there really isn't a need for a computer. It does somewhat depend on your definition of what data is, but consider why we access websites from a computer or open apps on our mobile devices. It is done to consume data in one form or another, like a newsfeed, a music stream, a video stream; to send/receive text messages; or to read emails. All those actions require that data already exists and is stored in a place where it can be easily retrieved. When you consume any kind of data, you are in fact generating access and usage data yourself, which is collected and stored. The consumption and collection of data cannot be achieved without having it stored in some accessible ...