Database-centric architecture: Difference between revisions

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'''Database-centric architectureArchitecture''' or '''data-centric architecture''' has several distinct meanings, generally relating to [[software architecture]]s in which [[database]]s play a crucial role. Often this description is meant to contrast the design to an alternative approach. For example, the characterization of an architecture as "database-centric" may mean any combination of the following:

* using a standard, general-purpose [[relational database management system]], as opposed to customized in-[[Memory (computers)|memory]] or [[Computer file|file]]-based [[data structures]] and [[access method]]s. With the evolution of sophisticated [[Database management system|DBMS]] software, much of which is either free or included with the [[operating system]], application developers have become increasingly reliant on standard database tools, especially for the sake of [[rapid application development]].