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DBMS Functions: Instructor: SAMIA ARSHAD

The document discusses the 10 core functions of a database management system (DBMS). These functions are: data dictionary management, data storage management, data transformation and presentation, security management, multiuser access control, backup and recovery management, data integrity management, database access languages and application programming interfaces, database communication interfaces, and transaction management. Each function helps ensure data integrity and consistency when multiple users access the database simultaneously.

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DBMS Functions: Instructor: SAMIA ARSHAD

The document discusses the 10 core functions of a database management system (DBMS). These functions are: data dictionary management, data storage management, data transformation and presentation, security management, multiuser access control, backup and recovery management, data integrity management, database access languages and application programming interfaces, database communication interfaces, and transaction management. Each function helps ensure data integrity and consistency when multiple users access the database simultaneously.

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DBMS Functions

Instructor: SAMIA ARSHAD


Database Management System Functions

 There are several functions that a DBMS performs to ensure data integrity and consistency of
data in the database.
The ten functions in the DBMS are:
 data dictionary management
 data storage management
 data transformation and presentation
 security management
 multiuser access control
 backup and recovery management
 data integrity management
 database access languages and application programming interfaces
 database communication interfaces
 transaction management.
Data Dictionary Management

 Data Dictionary is where the DBMS(database management studio) stores


definitions of the data elements and their relationships.In other words
stores metadata.
 This function look up the required data component structures and
relationships.
 provides user with data abstraction(hiding complexity).
 The Data Dictionary is often hidden from the user and is used by Database
Administrators
Data Storage Management

 DBMS creates and manages the complex structures required for data storage
 This particular function is used for the storage of data and any related data
entry forms or screen definitions, report definitions, data validation rules,
procedural code, and structures that can handle video and picture formats.
 Users do not need to know how data is stored or manipulated.
 Also involved with this structure is a term called performance tuning that
relates to a database’s efficiency in relation to storage and access speed.
Data Transformation and Presentation

 Transform any data entered into required data structures.


 By using the data transformation and presentation function the DBMS can
determine the difference between logical and physical data formats.
Security Management

 Security management sets rules that determine specific users that are
allowed to access the database.
 Users are given a username and password or sometimes through biometric
authentication .
 This function also sets restraints on what specific data any user can see or
manage.
Multiuser Access Control

 Data integrity and data consistency are the basis of this function.
 It enables multiple users to access the database simultaneously without
affecting the integrity of the database.
Backup and Recovery Management

 Backup and recovery is brought to mind whenever there is potential outside


threats to a database.
 For example if there is a power outage, recovery management is how long it
takes to recover the database after the outage.
 Backup management refers to the data safety and integrity; for example
backing up all your mp3 files on a disk.
Data Integrity Management

 The DBMS enforces these rules to reduce things such as data redundancy,
which is when data is stored in more than one place unnecessarily, and
maximizing data consistency, making sure database is returning correct/same
answer each time for same question asked.
Database Access Languages and
Application Programming Interfaces
 SQL is the most common query language supported by the majority of DBMS
vendors.
 The use of this language makes it easy for user to specify what they want
done without the headache of explaining how to specifically do it.
Database Communication Interfaces

 This refers to how a DBMS can accept different end user requests through
different network environments.
 An example of this can be easily related to the internet.
 A DBMS can provide access to the database using the Internet through Web
Browsers (Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer).
Transaction Management

 This refers to how a DBMS must supply a method that will guarantee that all
the updates in a given transaction are made or not made.
 All transactions must follow what is called the ACID properties.

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