Terms starting with D

9 terms in Databases

  • Database

    Databases › Database fundamentals

    A database is an organized, persistent collection of structured data managed by a DBMS that controls storage, querying, concurrency and recovery.

  • Database audit

    Databases › Database security

    A database audit records who accessed or changed which data, when and how, creating a tamper-resistant trail for security and compliance.

  • Database cluster

    Databases › Replication

    A database cluster is a group of database servers that share or replicate data and act as one service for availability, scale…

  • Database dump

    Databases › Backup & recovery

    A database dump is an export of a database's schema and data into a portable file that can recreate the database on…

  • Database encryption

    Databases › Database security

    Database encryption protects stored and transmitted database data with cryptography at the storage, column or application level, backed by key management.

  • Database role

    Databases › Database security

    A database role is a named set of privileges in a database system that can be granted to users or other roles…

  • Database snapshot

    Databases › Backup & recovery

    A database snapshot is a point-in-time image of a database's data, used for fast backups, cloning and recovery to that exact moment.

  • DBMS

    Databases › Database fundamentals

    A DBMS, or database management system, is software that stores, retrieves, secures and manages data in databases while enforcing consistency.

  • Document database

    Databases › Database models

    A document database is a NoSQL database model that stores each record as a self-describing document, usually JSON or BSON, with a…