DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

What is DBMS ? A database management system (DBMS) is a software package with computer programs that control the creation, maintenance, and use of a database. It allows organizations to conveniently develop databases for various applications by database administrators (DBAs) and other specialists. A database is an integrated collection of data records, files, and other objects. A DBMS allows different user application programs to concurrently access the same database. DBMSs may use a variety of database models, such as the relational model or object model, to conveniently describe and support applications. It typically supports query languages, which are in fact high-level programming languages, dedicated database languages that considerably simplify writing database application programs. Database languages also simplify the database organization as well as retrieving and presenting information from it. A DBMS provides facilities for controlling data access, enforcing data integrity, managing concurrency control, and recovering the database after failures and restoring it from backup files, as well as maintaining database security. What is Difference between DATA , INFORMATION and KNOWLEDGE ?

Knowledge is a combination of information, experience and insight that may benefit the

individual or the organisation. "When crude oil prices go up by $10 per barrel, it's likely that petrol prices will rise by 2p per litre" is knowledge.

Information is data that has been interpreted so that it has meaning for the user. "The price of

crude oil has risen from $70 to $80 per barrel" gives meaning to the data and so is said to be information to someone who tracks oil prices.

Data is unprocessed facts and figures without any added interpretation or analysis. "The
of crude oil is $80 per barrel."

price

What is schema in DBMS? Schema means the structure of the database i.e the tables, the constraints, the relations, etc which make up the entire database. so instead of calling the above properties individually, we collectively call it as the schema.