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== What type of things are databases? ==
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* [[Centralized database]] – database located and maintained in one ___location, unlike a distributed database.
* [[Cloud database]] – runs on a cloud computing platform, such as Amazon EC2, GoGrid and Rackspace.
* [[Collection database]] – collection catalog of a museum or archive implemented using a computerized database, in which
* [[Collective Optimization Database]] – open repository to enable sharing of benchmarks, data sets and optimization cases from the community, provide web services and Plug-in (computing)|plugins to analyze optimization data and predict program transformations or better hardware designs for multi-objective optimizations based on statistical and machine learning techniques provided there is enough information collected in the repository from multiple users.
* [[Configuration management database]] –
* [[Cooperative database]] – holds information on customers and their transactions.
* [[Correlation database]] – database management system (DBMS) that is data model independent and designed to efficiently handle unplanned, ad hoc queries in an analytical system environment.
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** [[Datasource]] – name given to the connection set up to a database from a server. The name is commonly used when creating a query to the database. The Database Source Name (DSN) does not have to be the same as the filename for the database. For example, a database file named "friends.mdb" could be set up with a DSN of "school". Then DSN "school" would then be used to refer to the database when performing a query.
** [[Data Source Name]] (DSN) – are data structures used to describe a connection to a data source. Sometimes known as a database source name though data sources are not limited to databases.
* [[Database administrator]] (DBA) – is a person responsible for the installation, configuration, upgrade, administration, monitoring and maintenance of physical{{
* [[Lock (database)|Lock]] –
* [[Comparison of database tools]] – (provides tables for comparing general and technical information for a number of available database administrator tools.)
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=== Creating the data warehouse ===
==== Concepts ====
*[[Dimension (data warehouse)|Dimension]] –
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=== Using the data warehouse ===
==== Concepts ====
* [[Business intelligence]] (BI) – is defined as the ability for an organization to take all its capabilities and convert them into knowledge, ultimately, getting the right information to the right people, at the right time, via the right channel.
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== Database-related organizations ==
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== Database-related publications ==
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== Persons influential in databases ==
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== See also ==
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