History of Database Applications

Early Database Applications Using Hierarchical and Network Systems Many early database applications maintained records in large organizations such as corporations, universities, hospitals, and banks. In many of these applications, there were large numbers of records of similar structure. For example, in a university application, similar information would be kept for each student, each course, each … Read more

Types of Database

A DBMS can support many different types of databases. Databases can be classified according to the number of users, the database location(s), and the expected type and extent of use. single-user database A single-user database supports only one user at a time. In other words, if user A is using the database, users B and … Read more