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Database Principles: Fundamentals of Design, Implementations and Management
Database Principles: Fundamentals of Design, Implementations and Management
CHAPTER 1
DATABASE SYSTEMS
Lecture 1
T: 051 401 2754 itinfo@ufs.ac.za www.ufs.ac.za/it
IN THIS LECTURE, YOU WILL LEARN:
• The difference between data and information
• What a database is?
• What the different types of databases are, and
why they are valuable assets for decision
making.
• The importance of Data Governance and Data
Quality
• The importance of database design.
• How modern databases evolved from file
systems.
• Thank you