Database History

Updated 18 Sep 2026

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What it is
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  the evolution of approaches to organizing, storing, sharing, and querying data
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Broad progression used in the course
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  separate application files — data management is embedded in individual applications
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  database-oriented systems — a Unavailable reference
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  coordinates persistent data access
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  broader analytical and distributed data environments — support varied, large, or rapidly changing datasets
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Caution
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  this is a simplified progression, not a universal replacement sequence; file systems, dtabases, and analyticla platforms coexist
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Related
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  Unavailable reference
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  Information System

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