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What is Database?


When we heard about the Database first question in everyone mind that What is Database?

What is Data?
How Database manage the Data?
What is Database Management System?

So first we start with What is Data?
Data is a Facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis.
the quantities, characters, or symbols on which operations are performed by a computer, which may be stored and transmitted in the form of electrical signals and recorded on magnetic, optical, or mechanical recording media called Data.

Example Like Your Name, Class, Age, Name of School, Number of Students, Student name all called a Data

Now what is Database?
Database is a systematic and organized collection of Data which stored, access, manipulate and update data.

Let me example you the Database with some example

In your Phone directory you can see that the Persons Name and their contact number is in such a organized way that you can find anyone easily. 

Your Company stored all their employee details like DOB, Anniversary Date, Joining Date, Salary Structured , Department , Timing, Leaves everything in a organized way. They can update any information easily so this we called database in which information can be stored or manipulate. 


Now What is the Database management System (DBMS)
DBMS is a application that interacts with end-users, Third Party applications, and the database itself to capture and analyze data. DBMS is a systematic collection of computer Program which enables end users to interact with Data like accessing the Data, Modification of Data and retrieval of Data. 


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