Database Examples — Real-World Applications

A database is any electronic container for storing information. Examples include relational databases that store information in tables and columns, and non-relational, or NoSQL, databases. There are also other types of data storage, and you can learn more in our article databases vs. data warehouses vs. data lakes.

There are different types of databases but it helps to consider examples of data in everyday life that would be stored in databases.

This includes social media websites such as Twitter, movie services such as Netflix, your patient records for healthcare, and even banking.

How you create a database will depend on the type of database that you want to create. MongoDB’s document database is general purpose and suitable for most scenarios. However, before starting a project, you should always consider when to use a NoSQL database.

To take advantage of the cloud and the managed database as a service model, use MongoDB Atlas. There is even a free tier so you can get a feel for the product and how you might model your data.