FAQ – Day 1 : What is RDBMS?

Frequently Asked Questions – Day 1

RDBMS stands for Relational Database Management System. 

A Relational database management system (RDBMS) is a database management system (DBMS) that is based on the relational model as introduced by E. F. Codd.

RDBMS data is structured in database tables, fields and records. Each RDBMS table consists of database table rows. Each database table row consists of one or more database table fields. 

RDBMS also provide relational operators to manipulate the data stored into the database tables. Most RDBMS use SQL as database query language.

The most popular RDBMS are MS SQL Server, IBM DB2, Oracle, MySQL, and Microsoft Access.