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  2. Database design - Wikipedia

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    Database design is the organization of data according to a database model.The designer determines what data must be stored and how the data elements interrelate. With this information, they can begin to fit the data to the database model. [1]

  3. Database - Wikipedia

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    Formally, a "database" refers to a set of related data accessed through the use of a "database management system" (DBMS), which is an integrated set of computer software that allows users to interact with one or more databases and provides access to all of the data contained in the database (although restrictions may exist that limit access to particular data).

  4. Database model - Wikipedia

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    Most database management systems are built around one particular data model, although it is possible for products to offer support for more than one model. Various physical data models can implement any given logical model. Most database software will offer the user some level of control in tuning the physical implementation, since the choices ...

  5. ANSI-SPARC Architecture - Wikipedia

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    Some important facts about this level are: It is only the DBA who defines and works at this level. It describes the structure for all users. It offers a global view of the database. It is independent of the hardware and other software. Internal Level: The internal level involves how the database is physically represented on the computer system ...

  6. Data independence - Wikipedia

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    Data independence can be explained as follows: Each higher level of the data architecture is immune to changes of the next lower level of the architecture. The logical scheme stays unchanged even though the storage space or type of some data is changed for reasons of optimization or reorganization. In this, external schema does not change.

  7. Data architecture - Wikipedia

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    A data architecture, in part, describes the data structures used by a business and its computer applications software. Data architectures address data in storage, data in use, and data in motion; descriptions of data stores, data groups, and data items; and mappings of those data artifacts to data qualities, applications, locations, etc.

  8. Centralized database - Wikipedia

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    It is composed of multiple database files, all controlled by a central DBMS. The main differences between centralized and distributed databases arise due to their respective basic characteristics. Differences include but are not limited to: Centralized databases store data on a single CPU bound to a single certain physical/geographical location.

  9. Database administration - Wikipedia

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    Database administration is the function of managing and maintaining database management systems (DBMS) software. Mainstream DBMS software such as Oracle, IBM Db2 and Microsoft SQL Server need ongoing management. As such, corporations that use DBMS software often hire specialized information technology personnel called database administrators or ...