A '''database''' is an organised collection of data, usually under the
managment of a '''[DBMS%|%Database Management System]'''.  Often the word
'''database''' is used when what is really meant is a [DBMS].



** Description **


There is a tendency to see a database or a [DBMS] as merely a system for the
[persistence%|%persistent] storage and retrieval of data, but this view tends
to miss the ''organised'' part of the definition.



** See Also **

   [Interacting with databases]:   

   [Category Database]:   

   [persistence]:   

   [TDBC]:   

   [Comparing Tcl database abstraction layers]:   

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