Database server
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A database server is a server which uses a
Users access a database server either through a "
In a
Most database applications respond to a query language. Each database understands its query language and converts each submitted query to server-readable form and executes it to retrieve results.
Examples of proprietary database applications include
For clarification, a database server is simply a server that maintains services related to clients via database applications.
DB-Engines lists over 300 DBMSs in its ranking.[3]
History
The foundations for modeling large sets of data were first introduced by
In 1975, Bachman demonstrated how the relational model and the data structure set were similar and "congruent" ways of structuring data while working for
See also
- Database replication
References
- ^ "database server Definition from PC Magazine Encyclopedia". www.pcmag.com. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
- ^ Thakur, Dinesh (23 January 2013). "What is a Database Server". ecomputernotes.com. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
- ^ "DB-Engines Ranking". DB-Engines.com. 2018-01-23. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
- ^ a b c d e "Databases - History & Early Development". Archived from the original on 2012-04-20. Retrieved 2016-07-08.
- ^ The Entity-Relationship Model: Toward a Unified View of Data (1976)