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Foil 5 Key points in database technology - I

From Untitled presentation ARL Database Tutorial -- February 98. by Gang Cheng, C.W. Ou, Geoffrey C. Fox
Characteristics
  • Relational tables in RDBMS as the major data model for tightly controlled information management, retrieval and processing
  • Client-server as the major communication model
  • Main components: search engine; SQL; procedure languages with embedded SQL; GUI application interfaces to DBMS;
main RDBMS components
  • a search engine: the database management system
  • SQL: the query language
  • embedded SQL interfaces: interfaces to extend the SQL non-procedure programming in high-level programming languages
  • database tools: various (GUI) application interfaces to the DBMS
  • client-server as the major communication model
  • customized proprietary network protocols built on TCP/IP as the major transport protocol
  • focus on file management and I/O processing for a powerful text-based searching and data manipulation system

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