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Whatisdata,database(DB),DBMSandDBS?
Whatisdata,database(DB),DBMSandDBS?
Incomputerscience,dataisanythinginaformsuitableforusewithacomputer.Dataisoften
distinguishedfromprograms.Aprogramisasetofinstructionsthatdetailataskforthecomputerto
perform.Inthissense,dataisthuseverythingthatisnotprogramcode.
Adatabaseisacollectionofinformationthatisorganizedsothatitcaneasilybeaccessed,
managed,andupdated.Inoneview,databasescanbeclassifiedaccordingtotypesofcontent:
bibliographic,fulltext,numeric,andimages.
Incomputing,databasesaresometimesclassifiedaccordingtotheirorganizationalapproaches.The
mostprevalentapproachistherelationaldatabase,atabulardatabaseinwhichdataisdefinedso
thatitcanbereorganizedandaccessedinanumberofdifferentways.Adistributeddatabaseisone
thatcanbedispersedorreplicatedamongdifferentpointsinanetwork.Anobjectoriented
programmingdatabaseisonethatiscongruentwiththedatadefinedinobjectclassesand
subclasses.
Asoneoftheoldestcomponentsassociatedwithcomputers,thedatabasemanagementsystem
(DBMS),isacomputersoftwareprogramthatisdesignedasthemeansofmanagingalldatabases
thatarecurrentlyinstalledonasystemharddriveornetwork.Differenttypesofdatabase
managementsystemsexist,withsomeofthemdesignedfortheoversightandpropercontrolof
databasesthatareconfiguredforspecificpurposes.Herearesomeexamplesofthevarious
incarnationsofDBMStechnologythatarecurrentlyinuse,andsomeofthebasicelementsthatare
partsofDBMSsoftwareapplications.
Indatabasemanagementsystem(DBMS),datafilesarethefilesthatstorethedatabaseinformation,
whereasotherfiles,suchasindexfilesanddatadictionaries,storeadministrativeinformation,known
asmetadata.
Databasesystemisasystemtoachieveanorganized,storealargenumberofdynamical
associateddata,facilitateformultiuseraccessingtocomputerhardware,softwareanddata,thatitis
acomputersystemwithdatabasetechnology.
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