Types of Databases
Types of Databases
What is database?
• A database is an organized collection of data, today typically in digital form.
Document-oriented database• A document-oriented database
is a computer program designed for storing, retrieving, and managing document-oriented, or semi structured data, information
Document-oriented database
Embedded database• These databases consist of data
developed by individual end-users. Examples of these are collections of documents, spreadsheets, presentations, multimedia, and other files.
Embedded database
Graph database• Graph database is a kind of No
SQL database that uses graph structures with nodes, edges, and properties to represent and store information.
Graph database
Hypertext database• Hypertext databases are
particularly useful for organizing large amounts of disparate information. For example they are useful for maintaining online encyclopedias.
Hypertext database
Operational database
• These database store detailed data about the operations of an organization.
Operational database
Operational database
Distributed database• A distributed database is a database in
which storage devices are not all attached to a common processing unit such as the C.P.U. It may be stored in multiple computers located in the same physical location, or may be dispersed over a network of interconnected computers.
Distributed database
Flat-File
• The flat-file style of database are ideal for small amounts of data that needs to be human readable or edited by hand
Flat-File
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