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
CHARACTERISTICS OF DBMS:
* 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.
