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Organized collection of data in computing

In computing, a database is an organized collection of data or a type of data store based on the use of a database management system (DBMS), the software that interacts with end users, applications, and the database itself to capture and analyze the data. The DBMS additionally encompasses the core facilities provided to administer the database. The sum total of the database, the DBMS and the associated applications can be referred to as a database system. Often the term "database" is also used loosely to refer to any of the DBMS, the database system or an application associated with the database. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: DatabaseA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: 67 million natural product-like compound database generated via molecular language processingInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Enabling Real-Time Business IntelligenceThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: The SILVA ribosomal RNA gene database project: improved data processing and web-based toolsCited 30,889 times
  5. Go sideways: Database serverA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: Relational databaseA closely related topic

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🗂️ The subject at a glance

  1. Terminology
  2. History
  3. Use cases
  4. Classification terms
  5. Database management system
  6. Application
  7. Database languages
  8. Storage
  9. Security
  10. Transactions and concurrency
  11. Migration
  12. Building, maintaining, and tuning

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🆕 Influential since 2022

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