DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (DBMS)
A Database Management System (DBMS) is a software program that typically operates on a database server or mainframe system to manage structured data, accept queries from users, and respond to those queries. A typical DBMS has the following features (Stair and Reynolds, 2004):
• Provides a way to structure data as records, tables, or objects
• Accepts data input from operators and stores that data for later retrieval
• Provides query languages for searching, sorting, reporting, and other "decision support" activities that help users correlate and make sense of collected data
• Provides multi-user access to data, along with security features that prevent some users from viewing and/or changing certain types of information
• Provides data integrity features that prevent more than one user from accessing and changing the same information simultaneously
• Provides a data dictionary (metadata) that describes the structure of the database, related......
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