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The DBMS
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- 1What does DBMS stand for?Database Management System
- 2What is the DBMS?It is a tool to store, edit and organise data
- 3What does the DBMS do?Allows a user to create a database and manage the data
Allows user to create forms for easier data entry and reports to provide hard copy snapshots of the data
Allows data to be displayed as graphs and charts - 4Benefits of the DBMSAllows data to be stored in a standard way so that it separates data from the software that created the database
Allows it to be accessed by many different client applications - 5What is the external view of a database?The view of the data used by customers or people who input and view data
- 6What is the conceptual view of a database?The view used by the database designer
Shows how all the tables are connected - 7What is the internal view of the database?Used for the detailed programming of the database
Shows how the computer sees the database - 8Benefits of access levelsIf anyone could edit the database, data could easily become corrupted
Maintains the integrity of the database
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- GCSE Computing (5 Databases) Flashcards on The DBMS, created by Anisha Rai on 13/04/2016.
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