DATABASE SYSTEMS

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• Database System (DBS):

• You may not be aware of it, but your life is dramatically affected by database
technology. Computerized database are vital to the functioning of modern
organizations. You come into contact with databases on a daily basis through activities
such as shopping at a supermarket, going to an automated teller machine, ordering a
book online and registering for classes. The convenience of your daily life is partly due
to proliferation of computerized databases and supporting database technology.
• Database technology is not only improving the daily operations of organizations but
also the quality of decisions that affect our lives. Databases contain a flood of data
about many aspects of our lives: consumer preferences, telecommunications usage,
credit history, television viewing habits,….
• Database technology helps to summarize this mass of data into useful information for
decision making. Management uses information gleaned from databases to making
long-range decisions such as investing in plants and equipment, locating stores, adding
new items to inventory, entering new businesses,…

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• Database (DB) a collection of related data and data is a collection of facts and
figures that can be processed to produce information.
• Mostly data represents recordable facts. Data aids in producing information, which is
based on facts. For example, if we have data about marks obtained by all students, we
can then conclude about toppers and average marks.
• A database management system (DBMS) stores data in such a way that it
becomes easier to retrieve, manipulate, and produce information.

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1. Introduction to Database management

2. The Relational Data Model
3. Query Formulation with SQL
4. Introduction to Database Development
5. Entity Relationship Diagrams
6. Application Development with Views
7. Normalization of Relational Tables
8. Data and Database Administration

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• Textbook:
1. Hector Garcia-Molina, Jeffrey D. Ullman, Jennifer Widom, DATABASE
SYSTEMS: The Complete Book
2. Ramez Elmasri, Shamkant B. N avathe, FUNDAMENTALS OF
FourthEdition DATABASE SYSTEMS
3. Michael V. Manning, Database Design, Application Development and
Administration.
4. https://www.tutorialspoint.com
5. https://beginnersbook.com

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