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 .
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- LogicMonitor Offers Unified Platform that...on April 30, 2026 at 3:35 pm
LogicMonitor, provider of an AI-first platform for autonomous IT, is expanding its unified platform, strengthening the operational foundation for autonomous IT.
- Collate AI Analytics Gives Accurate, Governed...on April 30, 2026 at 3:35 pm
Collate Inc., the semantic intelligence company, is introducing Collate AI Analytics, a new capability that enables data analysts to talk with their data to discover sources, build queries, create charts and dashboards, and extract key business insights.
- Rubrik Introduces Cyber Resilience Protection for...on April 30, 2026 at 2:00 pm
Rubrik, the Security and AI Operations Company, is now offering cyber resilience capabilities to organizations running Google Cloud SQL, enabling Cloud SQL customers to leverage Rubrik Security Cloud to protect their managed PostgreSQL databases with immutable, automated backups that add Rubrik's enterprise-grade cyber resilience without disrupting their current database operations or recovery strategy.?
- Cloudflare Expands its Agent Cloud to Support the...on April 30, 2026 at 2:00 pm
Cloudflare, a leading connectivity cloud company, is expanding its Agent Cloud with new features to help developers build, deploy, and scale agents. According to the company, this suite of infrastructure, security, and developer tools is designed to move AI agents from experimental demos on local laptops to robust, production-grade workloads running across Cloudflare's global network.
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See also Data
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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.