Types of Databases and Database Applications Quiz

<p>Queries</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Taking internal actions on data</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The typical functionality of a DBMS involves defining a particular database in terms of its data types, structures, and constraints, and then constructing or loading the initial database contents on a secondary storage medium.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The main tasks involved in manipulating a database using a DBMS include retrieval (querying, generating reports), modification (insertions, deletions, and updates to its content), and accessing the database through web applications.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A DBMS may additionally provide protection or security measures to prevent unauthorized access, active processing to take internal actions on data, presentation and visualization of data, and maintenance of the database and associated programs over the lifetime of the database application.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Applications interact with a database by generating queries that access different parts of data and formulate the result of a request, and by executing transactions that may read some data and 'update' certain values or generate new data.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The maintenance of the database and associated programs over the lifetime of the database application involves database, software, and system maintenance, ensuring the ongoing functionality and integrity of the database and its associated programs.</p> Signup and view all the answers