Basically, it is nothing more than a computer record keeping system: this is, a system whose overall purpose is to record and maintain information. The information concerned can be anything that is deemed to be of significance to the organization the system is serving – anything, in other words, that may be necessary to the decision-making processes involved in the management of that organisation.
Defined by Date, C.J. (1981) An Introduction to Database Systems, Boston, Addison-Wesley.
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