database manager

(1) With personal computers, software that allows a user to manage multiple data files (same as DBMS). Contrast with file management system, which works with one file at a time.

(2) Software that provides database management capability for traditional programming languages, such as COBOL, BASIC and C, but without the interactive capabilities.

(3) The part of the DBMS that stores and retrieves the data.

database manager - The part of the database management system (DBMS) that handles the organisation, storage and retrieval of the data. A database manager may work with traditional programming languages, such as COBOL and BASIC, or may work only with its proprietary programming language. The terms database manager and database management system are used interchangeably.

A database manager links two or more files together and is the foundation for developing routine business systems. Contrast with file manager, which works with only one file at a time and is typically used interactively on a personal computer for managing personal, independent files, such as name and address lists.

A relational database manager allows records to be connected to data in other databases.

Database search by Johnson, James C. / Black Enterprise

Delegates also received a briefing from Database Manager Lela Sallis on the new member database.

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The database manager examined the images to determine if they were of acceptable quality but did not make changes in the submitted files.

National Tuberculosis Genotyping and Surveillance Network: Design and ... by Onorato, Ida M. / Emerging Infectious Diseases

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