Week 1: Databases and Database Users

Course Learning Outcomes:

▪ Understand what’s the difference between data, database and database management system.

▪ Discuss the advantages of using the DBMS Approach

▪ Recognizes the different users of Database

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Databases and database technology have had a serious impact on the growing use of
computers. Its play a critical role in most areas where computers are used, including
business, electronic commerce, social media, engineering, medicine, genetics, law,
education, and humanistic discipline.
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▪ Database – collection of related data.

▪ Data – facts that can be recorded and that have implicit meaning.
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▪ A database management system (DBMS) is a computerized system that

enables/permits users to create and maintain a database.

▪ An application program can access the database by sending queries or requests

for data to the DBMS. A query typically causes some data to be retrieved; and
every transaction in the database may cause some data to be read and some data
to be written into the database.
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Week 1: Databases and Database Users
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The University database is organized as five (5) files, each of which stores data records
of the same type.

▪ STUDENT file stores data on each student.

▪ COURSE file stores data on each course.
▪ SECTION file stores data on each section of a course.
▪ GRADE_REPORT file stores the grades that students receive in the various sections
they have completed.
▪ PREREQUISITE file stores the prerequisites of each course.
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▪ Database Administrators

▪ Database Designers

▪ End Users
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▪ Controlling Redundancy

▪ Restricting Unauthorized Access

▪ Providing Backup and Recovery

▪ Providing Multiple User Interfaces