Database Systems
The database system consists of logically related data stored in a single logical data repository
However, the data might be physically distributed among multiple storage facilities
The database’s DBMS eliminates most of the file system’s data inconsistency, data anomaly, data dependence, and structural dependence problems
The current generation of DBMS software stores data structures, relationships between those structures, and access paths to those structures
The current generation also defines, stores, and manages all access paths and components