A database is an organized collection of data stored and accessed electronically.
Software that interacts with end users, applications, and the database itself to capture and analyze data.
Encompasses the core facilities provided to administer the database.
Provides a database engine to create, read, update and delete (CRUD) data from a database.
The most prominent examples include
SQLite is a library that implements a SQL database engine. It is the most used database engine in the world.
SQL relations are represented by tables
column (attribute) | column (attribute) | column (attribute) | |
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field | field | field | row / record (tuple) |
field | field | field | row / record (tuple) |
field | field | field | row / record (tuple) |