In this week, we will cover the following topics: Data: what (and examples of where) it is. How data might be stored on a computer. Examples of where data might be useful. Spreadsheet data storage. Distinction between data and derived information. What databases are. What relational database systems are. How relational approach sits with other approaches to databases. … and will result in the following learning outcomes: An appreciation of what data is and how structured data can be stored. Knowledge that data is very important. An appreciation of how databases are different to more traditional data storage approaches. An understanding that relational databases, the focus of this course, are not the only kind of database that exist.