The document discusses data hierarchy and database management system architecture. It explains that data is organized from bits to fields, records, files and databases. It then describes the three levels of DBMS architecture - internal, conceptual, and external levels. The internal level describes how data is physically stored. The conceptual level describes the database design and schema. The external level presents the data to users without them needing to know the underlying structure. It also briefly introduces different data models including relational, network, and hierarchical models.