Definition of Database management system

1. Noun. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.


Definition of Database management system

1. Noun. (computing) A suite of interrelated computer programs designed to manage message processing and database update in a tightly controlled manner. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Database Management System

data track
data transfer rate
data type
data types
data warehouse
data warehouses
databank
databanks
database
database administrator
database administrators
database analyst
database analysts
database engine
database management
database management system (current term)
database management systems
database model
database publishing
database transaction
databased
databaselike
databases
databasing
datable
databook
databooks
databox
databoxes
databus

Literary usage of Database management system

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Guidelines for the Evaluation of X.500 Directory Products by John Tebbutt (1996)
"S Relational database management system Interface One approach to the database management aspects of DSAs has been to implement the DSA as a front-end ..."

2. Gis for Health and the Environment by Don De Savigny, Pandu Wijeyaratne (1995)
"The database management system The database management system is used for the ... The traditional database management system makes it possible to pose ..."

3. Computer Models for Water-Resources Planning and Management: National Study by Ralph A. Wurbs (1997)
"The primary functions of a database management system are to: create and organize the database, set up and maintain access paths so that data in any part of ..."

4. Computers and Information Technologies in Agricultural Production and edited by Karl Schneider (1998)
"... computer-software; databases; algorithms Abstract: A microcomputer application program developed with database management system technology is described ..."

5. Strategic Asset Management for Tertiary Institutions by Oecd, Programme on Educational Building (1999)
"The system incorporates a geographical information system (CIS), as well as a relational database management system. The CIS is designed for the collection, ..."

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