Database Management Systems

A collection of programs that enables you to store, modify, and extract information from a database is considered a Database Management System. There are many different types of DBMSs, ranging from small systems that run on personal computers to huge systems that run on mainframes. The terms relational, network, flat, and hierarchical all refer to the way a DBMS organizes information internally. The internal organization can affect how quickly and flexibly you can extract information. …

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