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database management

British  

noun

  1. the maintenance of information stored in a computer system

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Ellison co-founded Oracle Corporation, a software and database management giant, in 1977 and served as CEO until 2014.

From Seattle Times Jan. 17, 2024

What it is: A cloud computing and database management company that has captured 3.9 percent of the global market for enterprise cloud software.

From Slate Jan. 15, 2020

Consultants uncovered familiar weaknesses: the budget system operated on a platform dating from 2000, and the version of the database management system should have been upgraded in 2006.

From Reuters Aug. 1, 2017

He went on to ensure that the shift occurred, helping to codify the details of database management systems through the Database Task Group, part of the influential group Conference on Data Systems Languages, or CODASYL.

From Washington Post Jul. 16, 2017

He installed Conrad Hurd as managing editor, responsible for operations and database management, and Raymond Gordon as senior research editor, leading a team of regional and language-family focused research editors.

From The Internet and Languages [around the year 2000] by Lebert, Marie

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