Description
This book offers a comprehensive introduction to database management systems and how organizations store, organize and retrieve data reliably. It covers the fundamentals of database management systems, data models and database architecture, entity-relationship modeling and database design, relational database concepts and normalization, the basics of Structured Query Language (SQL), database transactions and concurrency control, database security and backup, and emerging trends in database management systems. This unit is designed to equip certificate-level Information Technology and Computer Science students with the practical and theoretical foundation required to design, query and manage databases.
