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CMPT-354-Han-95.3 Lecture Notes
September 10, 1995      Chapter 1       1.0 Database Management
Systems       1. A database management system DBMS, or simply
a database system DBS, consists of              A collection
of interrelated and persistent data usually referred to as the
database DB.              A set of application programs used
to access, update and manage that data which form the data
management system MS.       2. The goal of a DBMS is to
provide an environment that is both convenient and e cient to
use in              Retrieving information from the database.
Storing information into the database.       3. Databases are
usually designed to manage large bodies of information. This
involves              De nition of structures for information
storage data modeling.              Provision of mechanisms
for the