Database Concepts (8th Edition)
Database Concepts (8th Edition)
8th Edition
ISBN: 9780134601533
Author: David M. Kroenke, David J. Auer, Scott L. Vandenberg, Robert C. Yoder
Publisher: PEARSON
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Database:

  • Database is a container or a structure that is used to store or hold the data. It is a collection of organized data and it can be used to keep track of things.
    • In database, one can perform operations such as storing, manipulating, and retrieving the data. It provides the relationship between the data items and data item groups.

Self-describing:

“Self-describing” is the property of database, which means that the database structure description is present within the database itself. It includes both data and met data. Extensible Markup Language (XML) is an example of self-describing text.

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