A database is an organized collection of data, today typically in digital form. The data are typically organized to model relevant aspects of reality (for example, the availability of rooms in hotels), in a way that supports processes requiring this information (for example, finding a hotel with vacancies).
The term database is correctly applied to the data and their supporting data structures, and not to the database management system (DBMS). Th...
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Websites of this genre:
- Internet Broadway Database ,
- Oyez.org ,
- Feedbase: Online feed database ,
- ChefDB ,
- Freebase ,
- Wildlife Information System for Disease Observation and Monitoring ,
- USGS National Water Information System ,
- Nationally Designated Protected Areas Database ,
- Cal/Ecotox ,
- Avibase
Software In Genre:
- HAppS ,
- Berkeley DB ,
- MySQL ,
- PostgreSQL ,
- Tellico ,
- DVD Profiler ,
- ODBC Administrator ,
- Mactracker ,
- OpenLink Rails ODBC Adapter ,
- IBM DB2
Subgenres:
- Object database ,
- Relational database management system ,
- Hierarchical Database Management System ,
- XML database ,
- Graph database
Also known as:
- db,
- database
