In the narrow sense of the word, a database is a collection of information. In a broader meaning of that term, database management system (DBMS) is what we usually think about when we talk about “database ” - a system providing means for manipulating databases to define, store, manage, and retrieve data.
Although many developers still consider relational database to be the “golden standard,” they are just one phase in the history of data persistence solutions. This chapter will go over a brief historical overview of ...
