What is RDBMS?

Short for relational database management system and pronounced as separate lette
rs, a type of database management system (DBMS) that stores data in the form of
related tables. Relational databases are powerful because they require few assum
ptions about how data is related or how it will be extracted from the database.
As a result, the same database can be viewed in many different ways.
An important feature of relational systems is that a single database can be spre
ad across several tables. This differs from flat-file databases, in which each d
atabase is self-contained in a single table.
Almost all full-scale database systems are RDBMS's. Small database systems, howe
ver, use other designs that provide less flexibility in posing queries.
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A relational database management system (RDBMS) is a database management system
(DBMS) that is based on the relational model as introduced by E. F. Codd. Most p
opular commercial and open source databases currently in use are based on the re
lational database model.
A short definition of an RDBMS may be a DBMS in which data is stored in the form
of tables and the relationship among the data is also stored in the form of tab
les.
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What is the Difference between DBMS and RDBMS?
A DBMS has to be persistent, that is it should be accessible when the program cr
eated the data ceases to exist or even the application that created the data res
tarted. A DBMS also has to provide some uniform methods independent of a specifi
c application for accessing the information that is stored.
RDBMS is a Relational Data Base Management System Relational DBMS. This adds the
additional condition that the system supports a tabular structure for the data,
with enforced relationships between the tables. This excludes the databases tha
t don't support a tabular structure or don't enforce relationships between table
s.
Many DBA's think that RDBMS is a Client Server Database system but thats not the
case with RDBMS.
Yes you can say DBMS does not impose any constraints or security with regard to
data manipulation it is user or the programmer responsibility to ensure the ACID
PROPERTY of the database whereas the rdbms is more with this regard bcz rdbms d
efine the integrity constraint for the purpose of holding ACID PROPERTY.
I have found many answers on many websites saying that
DBMS are for smaller organizations with small amount of data, where security of
the data is not of major concern and RDBMS are designed to take care of large am
ounts of data and also the security of this data.
and this is completely wrong by definition of RDBMS and DBMS
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