Inventory vs. Database — What's the Difference?

Inventory (American English) or stock (British English) refers to the goods and materials that a business holds for the ultimate goal of resale, production or utilisation.Inventory management is a discipline primarily about specifying the shape and placement of stocked goods. It is required at different locations within a facility or within many locations of a supply network to precede the regular and planned course of production and stock of materials.

In computing, a database is an organized collection of data stored and accessed electronically from a computer system. Where databases are more complex they are often developed using formal design and modeling techniques.

A detailed, itemized list, report, or record of things in one's possession, especially a periodic survey of all goods and materials in stock.

A collection of data arranged for ease and speed of search and retrieval. Also called data bank.

The process of making such a list, report, or record.

To put (data) into a database.

The items listed in such a report or record.

(general) A collection of (usually) organized information in a regular structure, usually but not necessarily in a machine-readable format accessible by a computer.

The quantity of goods and materials on hand; stock.

(computing) A set of tables and other objects (queries, reports, forms) in the form of a structured data set.

An evaluation or a survey, as of abilities, assets, or resources.

A software program (application) for storing, retrieving and manipulating such a structured data set.

To make an itemized report or record of.

A combination of such data sets and the programs for using them.

To include in an itemized report or record.

To enter data into a database.

(operations) The stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business.

An organized body of related information.

(operations) A detailed list of all of the items on hand.

An organized body of related information

(operations) The process of producing or updating such a list.

A space containing the items available to a character, especially that in a video game, for immediate use.

The total set of a specified linguistic feature within a language etc.

To take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory.

An account, catalogue, or schedule, made by an executor or administrator, of all the goods and chattels, and sometimes of the real estate, of a deceased person; a list of the property of which a person or estate is found to be possessed; hence, an itemized list of goods or valuables, with their estimated worth.

The objects contained on an inventory{1};

The total value of all goods in an inventory{2}.

The act of making an inventory{1}.

To make an inventory of; to make a list, catalogue, or schedule of; to insert or register in an account of goods; as, a merchant inventories his stock.

A detailed list of all the items in stock

The merchandise that a shop has on hand;

(accounting) the value of a firm's current assets including raw materials and work in progress and finished goods

A collection of resources;

Making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand;

Make or include in an itemized record or report;