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  • Subject: Re: What is a "database"?
  • From: nina jones <ddi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 07:47:59 -0600
  • Organization: Data Design Inc. http://www.datadesigninc.com

> It is becoming clear to me that I don't know what a database is.  I'd
> thought it was the base of data that an organization accumulates, but now
> I hear people speak of being a database administrator and there seems to
> be clumps of these people around non-AS/400 machines.  What is it they do?

there seem to be terms that can mean what you want them to mean, or even
different things to different people.  like what is an 'open system', or
'client server'.  or even what is e-business?

the database administrator could do several things, depending on the
company.  design the files to where the data is accessable, make sure
the data has integrety, etc.  

on non as/400 machines, they could be used to administor the data to a
web site (if that's the route they've chosen), or other applications
where the data may need to be on a p/c. 

nj
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