database software

Digital filing systems

Database software is a program or system for storing, organizing, and retrieving structured data.

It ranges from simple desktop applications to enterprise systems handling millions of transactions.

Most database software uses SQL for queries, though newer systems may use other approaches: The company migrated to cloud-based database software last year.

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storage · normalization · ACID · file · querying · replication · rows · backup · columns · fields · cloud computing · access control · Oracle · admin · import · migration · server · records

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Opposites
data structure and organization

database softwarespreadsheet software

Application for tabular calculations

spreadsheet · Excel · Microsoft Excel · Google Sheets · flat file

data persistence and formality

database softwareoral tradition

Culture passed by speech

memory · handwritten notes · scratch paper · sticky notes · whiteboard

technological sophistication

database softwarefiling cabinet

Furniture for organized papers

card catalog · ledger book · Rolodex · index cards · pen and paper

Family

base, data, software, database

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Rated G