Overview
This book consists of four parts. Part I Introduction commences the book with a general introduction to the basics of data management and data modeling.
Chapter 1 Background (page 3) provides a justification why we need databases in modern society. Desired properties of modern database systems like scalability and reliability are defined. Technical internals of database management systems (DBMSs) are explained with a focus on memory management. Central components of a DBMS (like buffer manager or recovery manager) are explored. Next, database design is discussed; a brief review of Entity-Relationship Models (ERM) and the Unified Modeling Language (UML) rounds this chapter off. Chapter 2 Relational Database Management Systems (page 17) ...
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