Database Management System (DBMS) is a software system that enables users to define, create, maintain and control access to the database.
Database Management Systems are not a new concept and, as such, had been first implemented in the 1960s.
Advantages of DBMS
* DBMS offers a variety of techniques to store & retrieve data.
* DBMS serves as an efficient handler to balance the needs of multiple applications using the same data.
* Uniform administration procedures for data.
* Application programmers never exposed to details of data representation and storage.
* A DBMS uses various powerful functions to store and retrieve data efficiently.
* Offers Data Integrity and Security.
* The DBMS implies integrity constraints to get a high level of protection against prohibited access to data.
* A DBMS schedules concurrent access to the data in such a manner that only one user can access the same data at a time.
* Reduced Application Development Time.