CSE :: Database System 2 - CS
- A database is called "self-describing" because it contains a description of itself.
- One of the reasons why OODBMSs have not been widely used for business information systems is that OOP is obsolete.
- In an enterprise-class database system, business users interact directly with database applications, which directly access the database data.
- Structured Query Language (SQL) is an internationally recognized standard language that is understood by all commercial database management system products.