database management system

Synonyms:

DBMS

Types:

relational database management system

a database management system designed to manage a relational database

object-oriented database management system

a database management system designed to manage an object-oriented database

hypertext system

a database management system that allows strings of text (`objects') to be processed as a complex network of nodes that are linked together in an arbitrary way

Type of:

computer software, package, software, software package, software program, software system

(computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory