Subj : Re: Writing a Database Management System in C++
To   : comp.programming
From : Matthias Kaeppler
Date : Fri Aug 26 2005 01:29 pm

Phlip wrote:
> Oh, a DBMS! That's just a "database", right?

No it's not. A DBMS is a software system to manage data in a database. 
The database itself is only the set of data which is saved somewhere in 
a structured way but it doesn't comprise the means to access it.

A DBS (database system) is a database plus the DBMS.

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