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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'. | 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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| + | * [https://cacm.acm.org/opinion/how-charles-bachman-invented-the-dbms-a-foundation-of-our-digital-world/ How Charles Bachman Invented the DBMS, a Foundation of Our Digital World], [[CACM]], Vol. 59 No. 7, July 2016, pp. 25-30 | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:31, 6 September 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'.
Charles Bachman's 1963 Integrated Data Store was a very early, important, database management system, for which he won the Turing Award in 1973.
External links
- How Charles Bachman Invented the DBMS, a Foundation of Our Digital World, CACM, Vol. 59 No. 7, July 2016, pp. 25-30
