A database management system (DBMS) is a software that enables users to interact with the database. In enables users to store, modify, and extract information from a database as or the requirement.

It is an intermediate layer between the user program and the data. User program access the database management system (DBMS) which then accesses the data. It controls the creation, maintenance, and utilization of the database of an organization.

Thus, a DBMS is a collection of:-

  • Database which acts as a single centralized data bank for various data processing applications.
  • Program for the management of the database.