Data Storage

Author

Robert W. Walker

Published

January 22, 2026

Today, we expand on file based systems to consider database management systems (DBMS).

Our reading for today includes Data Organization in Spreadsheets and an excellent primer from Tim Johnson exploring this topic.

The class plan:

  1. Storage types.
  2. Spreadsheets and the like are FBS.
  3. Details on Spreadsheets
  4. FBMS of two forms.

Supplementary Information

  1. Geeks for Geeks on DBMS.
  2. SQL vs. NoSQL.

SQL and NoSQL graphic from Geeks for Geeks.

Your assignment for next time:

  1. Readings on data visualization.
  2. Collect three data visualizations. Think about the approach to visualization presented and how your graphics manifest it. We will use this next time.

In-Class Assignment

Thinking about Willamette’s data storage.