Centralized+Database

What is a centralized database? __A centralized database__ has all its data on one place. As it is totally different from distributed database which has data on different places. In centralized database as all the data are all on one place so problem of to much information can occur, and data availability is not efficient as in distributed database because if their is too much information then the database becomes slow. For example an internet connection.  A centralized Unicode database is a feature of both the monolingual approach and the multilingual approach to developing globalized Internet applications. Using a centralized database has the following advantages: 
 * It provides a complete view of your data. For example, you can query for the number of customers worldwide or the worldwide inventory level of a product.
 * It is easier to manage a centralized database than several distributed databases.

__Case Study__ "The details of all members are kept on a flat file database." Coeur Theatral. "A centralized microsoft SQL database" Malzerei Theatergruppe.