Database

A database, also called database system (DBS), is a system for electronic data management. The aim is to store large quantities of data efficiently, without contradiction and permanently, and to make required subsets available to users and application programs in various forms of presentation tailored to their needs. A DBS consists of two parts: the management software, called database management system (DBMS) and the set of data to be managed, the database (DB) in the narrower sense, also called "database". The way such a system stores and manages data is defined by the database model. The most common form of a database system is the relational database system. The term database described here (consisting of DBMS and data) must be distinguished from database applications such as order management and ordering, customer and address management, invoicing or LIMS.