Database management system chapter 1

Contains two types of data: end-user data (raw facts) and metadata DBMS (Database Management System): Manages the data, provides security, a means of accessing data from in the database

Database System: An organization of components that defines and regulates the collection, storage, management, and use of data in a database environment

Database: A shared, integrated computer structure that houses a collection of related data

Contains two types of data: end-user data (raw facts) and metadata DBMS (Database Management System): Manages the data, provides security, a means of accessing data from in the database

Introduction and Overview Database management systems can serve different purposes: some are used primarily for temporary hot data, some serve as a long-lived cold storage, some allow complex analytical queries, some only allow accessing values by the key, some are optimized to store time-series data, and some store large blobs efficiently