What does Microsoft Access do?  

It is used to create databases

Microsoft Access is an amazingly practical program, in which you can create data-bases to transfer into Microsoft Word for mail merge etc.
For more information, search 'mail merge' on google. You can basically personalise stories and letters without having to re-type them.

Microsoft access is a program that creates a database of records and reports. You just entered all the information on it and then you can keep it in the system.

MS Access is used to create database. You may develop interactive desktop applications using access and programing language like Visual basic etc. But its not as powerful as sql.

MS-Access is a DBMS(Database Management System). It can be used to create, alter, query,delete databases. MS-access uses tables which inturn contains tables(tables inturn contains records). The records are the real data. These tables are the place holders for your data. Tables are stored in a file with .mbd file extension. Ms-access can be integrated with other programing languages to act as a back-end(database) such as VisualBasic, Visual C++ etc. It is meant for small scale databases. Microsoft another database application for high end enterprise application known as MS-SQL server.

Microsoft Access is a Program made for creating databases that can be used with your own program or be used on the internet or even more, they can be used for storing information.

Microsoft Access is a database program. It lets you create and manage Access databases for use with other programming languages. =) It has its own tools to manage its databases. =)

Access is a SGBD!
is a database gestor...

MS Access is a Database Management System. Its a low key version use to store smaller amounts of data. u can fire all types of SQL queries, create tables, insert/delete/update data etc. Also used to develop various application in vb/java etc.