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OCR: 3 -31 Structured and Free Fo. rm Data ba What kind of databases am likely to use? typical day you're likely to encounter many types of databases such as library card catalog Fuur bank's database of f checking and savings account balances CD- ROM encyclopedias the computer's files, and your -mail address book You I might al so have experience interacting with collections information accessed via the Internet such as Web sites devoted to hip-hop music, the market the qo! market, or travel Databases come in two flavors: structured databases and free- -form databases A struc tured database (also called structured data file) file ot information organized in uniform format records and fields. Fiqure 3-32 shows an example of record from structured database for library card catalog Figure 3-32 str ...