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DBMS

American  

abbreviation

Computers.

  1. database management system: a set of software programs for controlling the storage, retrieval, and modification of organized data in a computerized database.

DBMS British  

abbreviation

  1. database management 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

Etymology

Origin of DBMS

First recorded in 1970–75

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