concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: database management systems

data modeling
type: Concept
narrower: database management systems

database management systems
type: Concept
broader: geographic information systems
broader: data modeling
broader: software
broader: management systems
broader: management information systems
definition: Developed in the 1960s by computer scientists who required an efficient storage and access mechanism for large data sets, database management systems (DBMS) have become a core component of present-day information systems. Database technology drives billions of transactions each day, from grocery store purchases to Web searches. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Database Management Systems]

geographic information systems
type: Concept
narrower: database management systems

management information systems
type: Concept
narrower: database management systems

management systems
type: Concept
narrower: database management systems

software
type: Concept
narrower: database management systems