What Is Database? and differences between DBMS and RDBMS

In today’s world, everything seems to be becoming digital; so we require saving data in an accurate manner in which data can be easily fetched as per the convenience of the user. This is the reason why the database in computers came into being. Let us know what is the database, what the types and what is the difference between dbms and rdbmsis.

What is a Database?

The database is referred to as a systematic collection of data which mainly provides support to the storage and manipulation of data. The databases are used for making the data management easy. These are now becoming more and more popular, due to their frequent usage in the modern times.

What is DBMS?

This is software which is used for storing and managing the data. DBMS was initially introduced for making the data storing easier which entails functions such as deletion, like insertion and updating of the data. Other features like creating, defining, revising and controlling the database also a part of the package. This was specially designed for the individual business application for securing the data.

What is RDBMS?

Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) is known as an advanced version of the DBMS system. This permits accessing the data more efficiently as compared to DBMS. The difference is that RDBMS is a software system which is saved in the form of tables.

What are the key differences between DBMS and RDBMS?

1. DBMS stands for Database Management System and RDBMS stands for Relational Database Management System.
2. The data is saved as a file in DBMS while the data is saved in tabular form in RDBMS.
3. Normalization is present in DBMS and there is no normalization present in RDBMS.
4. Data is saved in either a hierarchical form or a navigational form while on the other hand, tables come as an identifier known as the primary key and tabular form is used for storing the data.
5. In DBMS-There is no relation between the tables in DBMS, however in RDBMS the data is used for storing in form of tables, therefore the so the relationship is established.
6. DBMS comes for usage in the small organizations and deals with a relatively smaller data, and it provides supports to the single user. In RDBMS, the application has been designed for the multiple users, therefore RDBMS was designed for handling large amounts of data.
7. DBMS usually satisfies less than 7 rules of Dr. e.f code, and RDBMS, typically satisfies more than 7 to 8 rules of Dr. e.f code.
8. In DBMS, distributed Database is supported while the same is not supported in RDBMS.
9. In DBMS, there are few uniform methods which is provided to access the stored information. While in RDBMS, because of the tabular structure, the data and a relationship between them for accessing the stored information.
10. File systems, XML etc. are few examples of DBMS. Postgres, Mysql, SQL server, oracle etc. are few examples of RDBMS.

Listed above were some of the key differences between the various types of database systems.