History of Database Technology Past and Present The term database was popularized with the growth of the computer industry and is typically thought of as software used to store‚ index‚ manipulate‚ and retrieve information (Vaughn). Database software has been in use since the Census Bureau used a punch card system to meet the requirements for the collection‚ sorting‚ and reporting of data for the 1890 census (National Research Council). These earliest databases were flat file databases. The flat-file
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Lesson 1 What is a database: A database is a group of data that has been organised in a table or group. This makes it easy to find data‚ but also allows you to not have any duplicates in a group. A database is used in a school or college to store students date of births. This allows the school to be able to see how old the students are. The database can also be password protected to keep the data safe. What is a flat file database: A flat database is where you have all your data in one table.
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Database Queries and Reports You are responsible for managing information system development projects at AAA Systems. To better track progress in completing projects，you have decided to maintain a simple database table to track the time your employees spend on various tasks and projects with which they are associated. It will also allow you to keep track of employees’ billable hours each week. The table below provides a sample data set. Project_Name Task Name Employee_ID Production Week
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06/02/14 Text Website I used to find people for activities such as DJs. http://logoyes.com/ S 06/02/14 Text The site I used to create my logo. http://www.metrolyrics.com/baby-lyrics-justin-bieber.html S 06/02/14 Text Site for my music database. It gave me a song to add to my data base review plus it gave the album title and also year of release. http://www.brunomars.com/music/locked-out-heaven S 06/02/14 Text It gave me a song to add to my data base review plus it gave the album title
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DISTRIBUTED DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM A distributed Database Management System (DDBMS) is a database in which storage devices are not all attached to a common processing unit such as the CPU. It may be stored in multiple computers‚ located in the same physical location; or may be dispersed over a network of interconnected computers. Unlike parallel systems‚ in which the processors are tightly coupled and constitute a single database system‚ a distributed database system consists of loosely coupled
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Relational Databases Lee Rudd Abstract Data for our programs are stored in various formats. The most commonly used format is in the form of a database since databases are not dependent on a single program or hardware platform. These databases are stored in five structures of hierarchical‚ network‚ relational‚ multidimensional‚ and object-oriented. Hierarchical structure organizes data in a one to many relationship. The network goes of the hierarchical structure by organizing data in
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Principles of Distributed Database Systems M. Tamer Özsu • Patrick Valduriez Principles of Distributed Database Systems Third Edition M. Tamer Özsu David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science University of Waterloo Waterloo Ontario Canada N2L 3G1 Tamer.Ozsu@uwaterloo.ca Patrick Valduriez INRIA LIRMM 161 rue Ada 34392 Montpellier Cedex France Patrick.Valduriez@inria.fr This book was previously published by: Pearson Education‚ Inc. ISBN 978-1-4419-8833-1 e-ISBN
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of the database applications. 2. What is the role of the database in the IS generic architecture? 3. What is file-based system? Give 2 examples of FBS. 4. What are main limitations of FBS? 5. What is database? 6. What does it mean that database is self-describing collection of interrelated records? 7. What does it mean that data is integrated? 8. What does it mean that database is collection of logically related data? 9. What is DBMS? 10. What are the main categories of database languages
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five parts of a database system are: 1. Hardware: hardware consists of the phycial devices that make up the system. Examples of hardware include computers‚ disk drives‚ and networks 2. Software: software consists of the programs that run on a computer. The software that makes up a database system is the operating system‚ the DBMS‚ and application programs and utilities 3. People: the people that use and manage the database system include system administrators‚ database administrators
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Database Environment Paper 1 Database Environment Paper Database Environment Paper 2 Database Environment Paper In the business world‚ the use of many different types of databases is not only commonplace‚ but an essential part of day to day operations. A database is a structured collection of information that is stored on a computer or server that allows the data to be quickly accessed‚ analyzed‚ and allows the ability for queries to be run. The use of a database allows businesses
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