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database management system

software for running databases; computer-software application that interacts with end-users, other applications, and the database itself to capture and analyze data; allows the definition, creation, querying, update, and administration of databases
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database management system

Summary

database management system is a software category[1]. It draws 270 Wikipedia views per month (software_category category, ranking #80 of 263).[2]

Key Facts

  • database management system's instance of is recorded as software category[3].
  • database management system is a type of software system[4].
  • database management system is part of database system[5].
  • database management system is used for control[6].
  • database management system's Commons category is recorded as Database management systems[7].
  • database management system comprises transaction manager[8].
  • database management system comprises data manager[9].
  • database management system comprises lock manager[10].
  • database management system comprises database engine[11].
  • database management system's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Database management systems[12].
  • database management system's topic has template is recorded as Template:Databases[13].
  • database management system's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'DBMS'}[14].
  • database management system's uses is recorded as database language[15].

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Definition and Type

database management system's instance of is recorded as software category[3]. It is a type of software system[4].

Use and Application

database management system is used for control[6]. Components include transaction manager[8]; data manager[9]; lock manager[10]; and database engine[11], a software category[16]. It is part of database system[5].

Why It Matters

database management system draws 270 Wikipedia views per month (software_category category, ranking #80 of 263).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 100 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → database system
    Instance of → —
    Has use → control
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 3666497
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 8939, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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