Database Management System

• A database is a collection of logically related data.
• Database Management System (DBMS) is the software required to perform the task of maintaining databases.

Management of data involves:

1. Defining structures for data storage.
2. Providing methods for data manipulation.
3. Providing data security.

• The main advantages of any DBMS is to:

1. Provide an efficient and easy way to store, update, and retrieve data.
2. Manage information about users who interact with the DBMS, and the tasks that they can perform.