For understanding
the database you need to understand what the database is and what
management is System.
I tried to explain it with few points as stated below.
What is a Database?
A collection of
related pieces of data:
Representing/capturing
the information about a real-world enterprise or part of an enterprise.
Collected and
maintained to serve specific data management needs of the enterprise.
Activities of the
enterprise are supported by the database and continually update the database.
For An Example
University Database:
Data About Student Faculty, Research Laboratory
Reflects the state
of affairs of the academic aspects of the university.
Purpose: To keep an
accurate track of the academic activities of the university.
Database Management System (DBMS)
A general purpose
software system enabling: Creation of
large disk-resident databases. Posing
of data Retrieval
queries in a standard manner.
Retrieval of query
results efficiently. Concurrent use of the system by a large number of users
in a consistent Manner.
Guaranteed availability of data irrespective of system failures.
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