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A '''database''' is a collection of data items, stored on a computer, using an internal arrangement that makes it easy to get access to desired entries in the database.
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A '''database''' is an organized collection of data items, stored on a computer, using an internal arrangement that makes it easy to get access to desired entries in the database. The [[software]] which is used to handle and organize the data, and mediate access to it, is usually called a database management system, usually given as a 'DBMS'.
  
 
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Revision as of 13:07, 24 April 2024

A database is an organized collection of data items, stored on a computer, using an internal arrangement that makes it easy to get access to desired entries in the database. The software which is used to handle and organize the data, and mediate access to it, is usually called a database management system, usually given as a 'DBMS'.