This document discusses database management systems (DBMS) and database design. It provides definitions of key concepts including:
- A DBMS allows for easy collection, retrieval, and updating of stored data across an organization.
- The database design process involves understanding real-world entities and relationships, creating entity-relationship diagrams, normalizing data tables, and refining the design if needed.
- Entity-relationship modeling defines entities, attributes, keys, and relationship types such as one-to-one, one-to-many, and many-to-many.
- The database design process results in a logical data model that represents the structure for an organization's database.