What is database?

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apiplani

  • Feb 12th, 2006
 

If you want to know how to answer this in an interview.. well in that case one of the answers can be :

Database is a tool available to a software engineer which allows him/her to manage large amounts of information logically. Management of the information would include design a framework to store the information, ensure the speedy and correct storage and retrieval and interpretation of the data to make it more meaningful and extract the trends for same.

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chaitra

  • Feb 13th, 2006
 

A database is a collection of data that is organized so that itscontents can easily be accessed, managed and updated. open this url : http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/d/database.html

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asim

  • Mar 6th, 2006
 

 

Database is a collection of data files which contains the data in such a manner so that a user is able for quick and easy retrieval of data.Database has data file which in turn has tablespaces,comtrol files ,data segments.

 

 

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aruna

  • Apr 3rd, 2006
 

DataBase is used to store large amounts of data with in the forms of Tables.

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Ranjeev

  • Apr 26th, 2006
 

database is not just the medium to store a large amount od data in the form of table but its more then that. it stores a large amount of data as well as a set of DB objects which enable a user to manipulate the data easily and efficiently. Table are one of the DB Objects. secondly the way a DB is designed , it enables a DB creator to implement the Arithmetic concept of Relational Algebra.

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MOOTATI RAGHAVENDROA REDDY

  • May 8th, 2006
 

DATABASE is a collection of related data that are organised in rows and columns

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vishal dandge

  • May 30th, 2006
 

hi all

database is collection of logical as well as physical files

all the logical files resides in data ditionary

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ashutosh mishra

  • Jun 7th, 2006
 

               hi

in,simple

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ashutosh mishra

  • Jun 7th, 2006
 

hi

in simple way ,we can say that database is collection of data which can be easily manipulate and retrive.databse  is thing which can be store backend

in database software.

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Yugma

  • Aug 13th, 2006
 

Database is simply a collection of related data nothing else. It can be manual or automatic both.

DBMS is collection of application programs which enables a user to define, create and manipulate database.

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