Cosma / Communication / Media / Storage / Software / Database
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Introduction1
Dictionary
database : a usually large collection of data organized especially for rapid search and retrieval (as by a computer) — Merriam-Webster See also OneLook
Database (FOLDOC: Free Online Dictionary of Computing)
Thesaurus
Roget’s II (Thesaurus.com), Merriam-Webster Thesaurus, Visuwords
Encyclopedia
Database is an organized collection of data, today typically in digital form. The data are typically organized to model relevant aspects of reality (for example, the availability of rooms in hotels), in a way that supports processes requiring this information (for example, finding a hotel with vacancies). — Wikipedia See also Database (Encyclopædia Britannica)
Outline of Databases (Wikipedia)
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Inspiration
Talks about Databases (TED: Ideas Worth Spreading)
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Innovation
Technology
Database Management System (DBMS) is software that enables users to define, create, maintain and control access to a database. The DBMS acronym is sometimes extended to indicate the underlying database model, with RDBMS for the relational, OODBMS for the object (oriented) and ORDBMS for the object–relational model. Other extensions can indicate some other characteristic, such as DDBMS for a distributed database management systems. — Wikipedia
What is a Database? (Guru99, Website)
Database Management Systems: Category (Wikipedia)
Relational database is a database based on the relational model of data. A system used to maintain relational databases is a relational database management system (RDBMS). Many relational database systems have an option of using the SQL for querying and maintaining the database.[2] — Wikipedia
Relational Database Management System (FOLDOC: Free Online Dictionary of Computing)
SQL Structured Query Language) is a domain-specific language used in programming and designed for managing data held in a relational database management system (RDBMS), or for stream processing in a relational data stream management system (RDSMS). It is particularly useful in handling structured data, i.e. data incorporating relations among entities and variables. — Wikipedia
SQL (FOLDOC: Free Online Dictionary of Computing)
Product
Comparison of Relational Database Management Systems (Wikipedia)
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Preservation
History
History of Databases (Computer History Museum, YouTube Video)
Introduction to Databases (Philip Greenspun, SQL for Web Nerds)
Philip Greenspun (Wikipedia)
Library
DDC: 005.7 Data (Library Thing)
DDC: 005.74 General Databases And Data Files (Library Thing)
DDC: 005.75 Specific Databases And Data Files (Library Thing)
Subject: Databases (Library Thing)
Subject: Databases (Open Library)
LCC: QA 76.9.D3 Databases (UPenn Online Books)
LCC: QA 76.9.D3 (Library of Congress)
Subject: Databases (Library of Congress)
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Participation
Education 2
MERLOT: Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
OER Commons: Open Educational Resources
Course
MIT 6.830/6.814: Database Systems (MIT Opencourseware)
MIT 6.830/6.814: Database Systems (MIT Opencourseware, YouTube Playlist)
Community
Occupation
Computer Network and Database Architects (CareerOneStop, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration)
Database Administrator (CareerOneStop, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration)
Database Administrator (Computer Science.org)
Database Administrator (FOLDOC: Free Online Dictionary of Computing)
News
Data / Storage And Retrieval (Communications of the ACM)
Database Trends and Applications
Database Journal
Databases (JSTOR)
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Database Trends and Applications : All Articles RSS feeds from Database Trends and Applications .
- Precisely Unveils New Unified Data Management...on October 7, 2026 at 5:00 pm
Precisely, a leader in unified data management for AI-ready data, is debuting the Precisely Platform, a unified data management platform designed to make enterprise data AI-ready.
- Oracle Introduces Fusion Claw to Broaden Fusion...on October 7, 2026 at 2:00 pm
Oracle is introducing Oracle Fusion Claw, a governed agentic execution runtime for Oracle Fusion Agentic Applications that combines AI reasoning with deterministic enterprise computation to enable highly complex work to be economically completed at scale.
- Oracle Takes Aim at Financial Crime with New...on October 7, 2026 at 2:00 pm
Oracle Financial Services is strengthening its financial crime and compliance management portfolio with the availability of Oracle Nexus Case Flow and Oracle Nexus Reach for financial crime investigations.
- NetApp and Oracle Partner to Provide Fully...on October 7, 2026 at 2:00 pm
NetApp, the Intelligent Data Infrastructure company, and Oracle announced a new fully managed storage service that brings enterprise-grade NetApp storage natively to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). According to the companies, the service will bring NetApp ONTAP data management capabilities natively to OCI to help organizations simplify the migration and management of critical AI and enterprise workloads in the cloud.
- Redgate Expands Database Change Control to...on October 6, 2026 at 4:00 pm
Redgate Software is expanding Redgate Flyway Enterprise, further extending its advanced database change control capabilities to Databricks and Snowflake.
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1. The resources on this page are are organized by a classification scheme developed exclusively for Cosma.
2. This page was compiled by M. E. Hopper for ECOMP 6011: Databases in Education while serving as a faculty member of Technology in Education at Lesley University. It has been expanded and updated since then.