What is a Database?

A database is any organized collection of information. Some examples of databases you may encounter in your daily life are:

• a telephone book
• airline reservation system
• motor vehicle registration records
• papers in your filing cabinet
• files on your computer hard drive. 

Smart Pix uses a database to store a list of all your files, their location, keywords, descriptions, and thumbnails. When you select the database tab on the main window you will see a list of all the files in your database and case search on particular keywords or descriptions. The database is also accessed when you select a file in Folders or Favorites modes so that Smart Pix can display the keywords and description for the file.