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IS 4420 Database Fundamentals Leon Chen

This document provides an overview of chapter 1 from the textbook "Database Fundamentals". It discusses the components of a database environment including data, metadata, database management systems, and how databases have evolved from flat files to relational databases. It also defines key terms like database, data, information, and metadata. Sample figures are included to illustrate client/server architecture and the components of a database environment.

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IS 4420 Database Fundamentals Leon Chen

This document provides an overview of chapter 1 from the textbook "Database Fundamentals". It discusses the components of a database environment including data, metadata, database management systems, and how databases have evolved from flat files to relational databases. It also defines key terms like database, data, information, and metadata. Sample figures are included to illustrate client/server architecture and the components of a database environment.

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IS 4420

Database Fundamentals

Leon Chen
Agenda
 About yourself
 Name
 Major

 About the instructor


 Syllabus
 Chapter 1

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IS 4420
Database Fundamentals

Chapter 1:
The Database Environment

Leon Chen
Overview
 Database environment and Client/Server
architecture
 Database, data, information, and metadata
 Evolution of database systems
 Advantages of databases
 Costs and risks of databases
 Categories of databases
 Components of database environment

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Figure 1-11
Components
of the
database
environment

Metadata Data 5
Figure 2-11 Three-tiered client/server database architecture

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Definitions
 Database - organized collection of logically
related data
 Data - stored representations of meaningful
objects and events
 Structured: numbers, text, dates
 Unstructured: images, video, documents
 Information: data processed to increase
knowledge of the user
 Metadata: data that describes the properties and
context of user data (data about data)
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Figure 1-1a Converting data to information
- data in context

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Graphical displays turn data into useful
information that managers can use for
decision making and interpretation
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Metadata
 Data that describes the properties and
context of user data (data about data)

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Evolution of Database Systems
 Flat files (not database) - 1960s - 1980s
 Hierarchical – 1970s - 1990s
 Network – 1970s - 1990s
 Relational – 1980s - present
 Object-oriented – 1990s - present
 Object-relational – 1990s - present
 Data warehousing – 1980s - present
 Web-enabled – 1990s - present

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DATABASE Approach
 Central repository of shared data
 Stored in a standardized, convenient

form
 Requires a Database Management

System (DBMS)
 A software system that is used to create, maintain, and
provide controlled access to user databases

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Figure 1-11
Components
of the
database
environment

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Components of the
Database Environment
 CASE Tools – computer-aided software engineering
 Repository – centralized storehouse of metadata
 Database Management System (DBMS) – software for
managing the database
 Database – storehouse of the data
 Application Programs – software using the data
 User Interface – text and graphical displays to users
 Data Administrators – personnel responsible for maintaining
the database
 System Developers – personnel responsible for designing
databases and software
 End Users – people who use the applications and databases

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Match terms and definitions
1. Data a. Data placed in context or summarized
2. Database b. Application program
application c. Facts, text, graphics, etc.
3. Repository d. A graphical model about an
4. Metadata organization
5. Information e. Organized collection of related data
6. DBMS f. Data definitions and constraints
7. Database g. Centralized storehouse for all data
8. ERP definitions
9. Enterprise h. An integrated enterprise level MIS
data model i. A software application to create,
maintain and control a database
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