About This Course

Database is a collection of data which is intended to be shared by users and applications. DBMS (Database Management System) is a computer system which enables to handle this collection of data efficiently. In this course, topics such as purposes and roles of database, the relational model as a data representation method, the SQL language to manipulate stored data, database design methods to handle data efficiently, transaction management which enables data sharing by users and applications, architecture of DBMS to process huge datasets, recent trends and future directions will be introduced.