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Introduction to Database Systems

This document provides an introduction to database systems. It defines a database as a large collection of integrated data that models real-world entities and relationships. A database management system (DBMS) is software designed to store, manage, and facilitate access to databases. Early database systems were hierarchical or network models, while today's systems generally use the relational model. Other types of databases include object-oriented, multimedia, and spatial databases. The document discusses whether the World Wide Web can be considered a DBMS, noting that while search capabilities exist, the web's data is currently unstructured and modifications cannot be made.

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Introduction to Database Systems

This document provides an introduction to database systems. It defines a database as a large collection of integrated data that models real-world entities and relationships. A database management system (DBMS) is software designed to store, manage, and facilitate access to databases. Early database systems were hierarchical or network models, while today's systems generally use the relational model. Other types of databases include object-oriented, multimedia, and spatial databases. The document discusses whether the World Wide Web can be considered a DBMS, noting that while search capabilities exist, the web's data is currently unstructured and modifications cannot be made.

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Introduction to Databases I

Prem Sewak Sudhish Dayalbagh Educational Institute

Dayalbagh Educational Institute

Introduction to Computer Science and Applications

What Is a Database System?


Database: a very large, integrated collection of data. Models a real-world enterprise
Entities (e.g., teams, games) Relationships (e.g., The Forty-Niners are playing in The Superbowl) More recently, also includes active components , often called business logic. (e.g., the BCS ranking system)

A Database Management System (DBMS) is a software system designed to store, manage, and facilitate access to databases.
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Database Systems: Then

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Introduction to Computer Science and Applications

Database Systems: Today

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Introduction to Computer Science and Applications

Other Databases

Dayalbagh Educational Institute

Introduction to Computer Science and Applications

Is the WWW a DBMS?


Fairly sophisticated search available
crawler indexes pages on the web Keyword-based search for pages

But, currently
data is mostly unstructured and untyped search only:
cant modify the data cant get summaries, complex combinations of data

few guarantees provided for freshness of data, consistency across data items, fault tolerance, Web sites typically have a DBMS in the background to provide these functions.

The picture is changing


New standards e.g., XML, Semantic Web can help data modeling Research groups (e.g., at Berkeley) are working on providing some of this functionality across multiple web sites.

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Introduction to Computer Science and Applications

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