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database management system

Suite of computer applications allowing the user to store and manipulate database information. Database management systems range from small programs run on a personal computer to large complex systems run on mainframe computers. Information is retrieved from a database by a request known as a query. This is a stylized way of asking for information from the database. The set of rules for framing a query is known as a query language of which there are several, the most common being structured query language (SQL).



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A data warehouse (DW) appliance is an integrated set of servers, storage, OS, DBMS and software specifically pre-installed and pre-optimized for data warehousing.
A relational DBMS from Microsoft that is a major component of the Windows Server System.
An earlier relational DBMS from Sybase and from Microsoft.
 
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