Essentials of MIS (13th Edition)
Essentials of MIS (13th Edition)
13th Edition
ISBN: 9780134802756
Author: Kenneth C. Laudon, Jane Laudon
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 6, Problem 5DQ
Program Plan Intro

Database:

  • A group of structured data that can be used to serve many applications by centralizing the data and regulating redundant data is called as database.
  • In the database, data is appeared to users as being stored in only one location.

Database Management Software:

A collection of programs is called as database management system, which provides some features such as:

  • Management of databases
  • Controlling access to data
  • Query language to retrieve information
  • The data in the DBMS (Data Base Management system) is made up of three components such as:
    • Physical database
    • Database engine
    • Database schema

DBMS acts as an interface between application programs and the physical data files.

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