Class 12 Computer Science — Chapter 8: Database Concepts
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What you'll learn
- ▸Limitations of Manual Record Keeping
- ▸File System for Data Storage
- ▸Data Redundancy and Inconsistency
- ▸Data Isolation and Dependence
- ▸Database Management System (DBMS)
- ▸Functions and Applications of DBMS
Chapter Summary
--- PAGE 1 --- Chapter 8 Database Concepts "Inconsistency of your mind... Can damage your memory... Remove the inconsistent data... And keep the original one!!!" — Nisarga Jain In this Chapter » Introduction » File System » Database Management System » Rational Data Model » Keys in a Relational Database 8.1 INTRODUCTION After learning about importance of data in the previous chapter, we need to explore the methods to store and manage data electronically. Let us take an example of a school that maintains data about its students, along with their attendance record and guardian details. The class teacher marks daily attendance of the students in the attendance register. The teacher records 'P' for present or 'A' for absent against each student's roll number on each working day. If class strength is 50 and total working days in a month are 26, the teacher needs to record 50 × 26 records manually in the register every month. As the volume of data increases, manu…
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Did you know?
- 💡 The earliest known written records date back over 5,000 years ago in Mesopotamia.
- 💡 Humans create 2.5 quintillion bytes of data daily worldwide.
- 💡 A single photograph can contain millions of tiny pieces of data.
- 💡 Libraries were the first "databases" for storing knowledge physically.
- 💡 The human brain itself stores an estimated 2.5 petabytes of information.
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