What is DBMS? What are the characteristics of DBMS

A database management system is a collection of program that enables user to create is maintaining a database.

                                     

            The DBMS is hence is general purpose software system that facility the process of defining constructing and manipulation database for various applications.

            CHARACTERISTICKS OF DBMS:

                       

      To incorporate the requirements of the organization, system should be designed for easy maintenance.

      Information systems should allow interaction access to data to obtain new information without writing fresh programs.

      System should be designed to co-relate different data to meet new requirements.

      Data should be stored with minimum redundancy to ensure consistency in stored data across different application.

      An independent central repository, which gives information and meaning of available data, is required.

      Integrated database will help in understand is the inter-relationships between data stored in different applications.

      The stared data should be made available for access by different users simultaneous.

      Automatic recovery feature has to be providing to overcome the problems with processing system failure.

A data processing system consists of stored data programs that update this data as well as process the data to produce information.