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I-Series Computing Concepts
Stephen Haag, University of Denver
Maeve Cummings, Pittsburg State University
Alan I Rea, Jr., Western Michigan University
Files And Databases

DBs & DBMSs

DATABASES AND DBMS SOFTWARE

Databases are an important part of an Information Economy. We devoted an entire chapter to discussing database use in business and on the Web. We spent a great deal of time showing you how to use a DBMS and discussed the issues surrounding database use, such as information security and privacy.

Remember that a database stores and organizes data. You access a database using a database management system (DBMS). A DBMS is application software that allows you to arrange, modify, and extract data from a database to create information.

In Chapter 8 we provided you with a short list of database and DBMS software packages. Here, we revisit the list, as well as add a few more software applications. We have also provided some links to database and DBMS tutorials:

Software Listed in the Textbook

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