DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database

Synonyms:

database management system; DBMS

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("database management system" is a kind of...):

computer software; package; software; software package; software program; software system ((computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "database management system"):

relational database management system (a database management system designed to manage a relational database)

object-oriented database management system (a database management system designed to manage an object-oriented database)