Three benefits of Microsoft Access.

Benefit number one: Basic templates have already been created.
http://www.ehow.com/about_4760017_advantages-microsoft-access.html

Benefit number two: Access information can be shared with multiple people using SharePoint services. http://www.software-matters.co.uk/microsoft-access-benefits.html

Benefit number three: Data can be share between Access and Excel.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/top-10-reasons-to-use-access-with-excel-HA010264081.aspx



Term one: Tabular Data - pertaining to, or arranged in a table or systematic arrangement by columns, rows, etc., as statistics.  http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/tabular

Term two: Flat file Database - A Word Definition From the Webopedia Computer Dictionary. flat-file database. A relatively simple database system in which each database is contained in a single table. In contrast, relational database systems can use multiple tables to store information, and each table can have a different record format.   www.webopedia.com/TERM/F/flat_file_database.html

Term three: Relational database - an electronic database comprising multiple files of related information, usually stored in tables of rows (records) and columns (fields), and allowing a link to be established between separate files that have a matching field, as a column of invoice numbers, so that the two files can be queried simultaneously by the user. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/relational+database

Term four: Disparate data - Disparate data are any data that are essentially not alike, or are distinctly different in kind, quality, or character. They are unequal and cannot be readily integrated to meet the business information demand.  www.dataversity.net/the-five-horsemen-and-disparate-data/
Term five: SharePoint Services - Microsoft SharePoint is a Web application platform developed by Microsoft. First launched in 2001, SharePoint has historically been associated with intranet, content management and document management, but recent versions have significantly broader capabilities.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SharePoint_services

I could use Access in my daily life by creating charts for income, expenditures, and creating a database of customers information at work.