UNIT 6: Database Management System
UNIT 6: Database Management System
Management System
• Introduction to database
• Types of database
• Database Management System (DBMS)
• Application of DBMS
Introduction to database
a structured set of data held in a computer, especially one that is accessible in various ways is known as a
database.
A database is a collection of information that is organized so that it can be easily accessed, managed and updated.
Data is organized into rows, columns and tables, and it is indexed to make it easier to find relevant information.
Data gets updated, expanded and deleted as new information is added. Databases process workloads to create and
update themselves, querying the data they contain and running applications against it.
Types of database
1. Hierarchical databases
2. Network databases
3. Relational databases
4. Object-oriented databases
5. ER model databases
6. Document databases
Hierarchical Databases
Relational databases work on each table has a key field that uniquely
indicates each row, and that these key fields can be used to connect one
table of data to another.
Object-oriented databases
implementation, each row of a table represents one instance of an entity type, and each
entities is implemented by storing the primary key of one entity as a pointer or "foreign
store, modify, and extract information from a database. There are many different types of
database management systems, ranging from small systems that run on personal
Controlling Redundancy
Complexity
Size
Cost of DBMS
Cost of Conversion
Application of the DBMS