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What is Database Management System (DBMS)

Chapter 43
Handbook of Research on Open Source Software: Technological, Economic, and Social Perspectives
A specialized software package that serves as the repository of an organization’s data. The DBMS organizes and manages the data so they are available to applications programs such as the accounting information system.
Published in Chapter:
Open Source for Accounting and Enterprise Systems
Thomas Tribunella (State University of New York at Oswego, USA) and James Baroody (Rochester Institute of Technology, USA)
Copyright: © 2007 |Pages: 15
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-999-1.ch043
Abstract
This chapter introduces open source software (OSS) for accounting and enterprise information systems. It covers the background, functions, maturity models, adoption issues, strategic considerations, and future trends for small accounting systems as well as large-scale enterprise systems. The authors hope that understanding OSS for financial applications will not only inform readers of how to better analyze accounting and enterprise information systems but will also assist in the understanding of relationships among the various functions.
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Chapter 72
Indices in XML Databases
Software set that handles structuring, storage, maintenance, update, and querying of data stored in a database.
Published in Chapter: Indices in XML Databases; From: Handbook of Research on Innovations in Database Technologies and Applications: Current and Future Trends
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Deductive Data Warehouses: Analyzing Data Warehouses With Datalog (By Example)
Software used to create, maintain, and use databases.
Published in Chapter: Deductive Data Warehouses: Analyzing Data Warehouses With Datalog (By Example); From: Emerging Perspectives in Big Data Warehousing
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Chapter 1
Importance of Big Data
It is a collection of software programs that enables a computer to execute database tasks such as saving & storing, retrieving, adding, removing and altering data, safety and security and reliability of data in a database.
Published in Chapter: Importance of Big Data; From: Handbook of Research on Trends and Future Directions in Big Data and Web Intelligence
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Chapter 4
Drones in Healthcare: An Extended Discussion on Humanitarian Logistics
An information system that is used to store, query and analyze large amounts of trajectory data generated by the drones carrying medical products.
Published in Chapter: Drones in Healthcare: An Extended Discussion on Humanitarian Logistics; From: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Civilian Logistics and Supply Chain Management
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Chapter 7
Complex Information and Architecture
The software used to control the storage and retrieval of the transaction data for the applications contained in the information system.
Published in Chapter: Complex Information and Architecture; From: Critical Analysis and Architecture for Strategic Business Planning
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Chapter 15
Data Warehousing for Decision Support
DBMS is computer system software that manages the physical data.
Published in Chapter: Data Warehousing for Decision Support; From: Encyclopedia of Decision Making and Decision Support Technologies
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Chapter 12
Big Data and Cloud Computing
Essentially nothing more than a computerized data keeping system. Users of the system are given facilities to perform several kinds of operations on such a system for either manipulation of the data in the database or the management of the database structure itself.
Published in Chapter: Big Data and Cloud Computing; From: Emerging Trends in Cloud Computing Analytics, Scalability, and Service Models
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