What is DBMS, and what are its primary functions and its relationships in database management?
A database management system is a computer based system to manage a database, or a collection databases or files. The essential word here is manage management implies the controlled use of a resource, that is controlling its quality coordinating shared use, of a resource, that is, controlling its quality, coordinating shared use and controlling access to authorized users. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ A DBMS has many uses: – it enables users to access and manipulate the database. – it provides a building block in constructing data processing systems for applications requiring database access MIS or systems for accounting, production and inventory control or customer support. – it helps the DBA perform certain managerial duties. The name database management system was chosen recognizing that different names are in use and different types of systems exist. Subst