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Introduction To Databases and DBMSS: Lesson 1: Database Characteristics

The document provides an introduction to databases and database management systems (DBMS). It defines key terms like data, information, and database characteristics. It gives an example of a university database to illustrate how data is organized and related between different entities like students, courses, faculty and enrollments. The database example shows these relationships can be modeled visually using an entity relationship diagram. Finally, it summarizes that databases are crucial to modern organizations and their essential characteristics include being shared, inter-related, and persistent.

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Introduction To Databases and DBMSS: Lesson 1: Database Characteristics

The document provides an introduction to databases and database management systems (DBMS). It defines key terms like data, information, and database characteristics. It gives an example of a university database to illustrate how data is organized and related between different entities like students, courses, faculty and enrollments. The database example shows these relationships can be modeled visually using an entity relationship diagram. Finally, it summarizes that databases are crucial to modern organizations and their essential characteristics include being shared, inter-related, and persistent.

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Information Systems Program

Module 2
Introduction to Databases and DBMSs

Lesson 1: Database Characteristics


Lesson Objectives
• Define basic terminology and database
characteristics
• Provide an example of a databases

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Motivation
• Databases crucial for daily operations and
decision making in organizations
• Database management technology
– Major part of software industry
– Revolutionary evolvement over 40 years
– Foundation for management of long term memory
of organizations
• Vibrant field with employment opportunities

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Initial Vocabulary
• Data: raw facts about things and events
• Information: transformed data that has value for
decision making
• Essential to organize data for retrieval and
maintenance

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Database Characteristics

Persistent

Inter-related Shared 5

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University Database

Faculty
Registration
Entities: Assignment
students, faculty, courses,
offerings, enrollments
Relationships:
faculty teach offerings,
Grade students enroll in Course
Recording offerings, offerings made Scheduling
of courses, ...

University Database
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University Database (ERD)

Student Offering Faculty


StdNo OfferNo FacNo
StdClass OffLocation Teaches FacSalary
StdMajor OffTime FacRank
StdGPA Has FacHireDate

Supervises
Accepts

Registers Course
Enrollment CourseNo
CrsDesc
EnrGrade
CrsUnits

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Summary
• Databases and database technology vital to
modern organizations
• Database technology supports daily operations
and decision making
• Emphasize structured data
• Essential characteristics of shared, inter-related,
and persistent

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