Section 24.1 Introduction
• A database (p. 1046) is an integrated collection of data. A database management system (DBMS; p. 1046) provides mechanisms for storing, organizing, retrieving and modifying data.
• Today’s most popular database management systems are relational database (p. 1046) systems.
• SQL (p. 1046) is the international standard language used to query (p. 1046) and manipulate relational data.
• Programs connect to, and interact with, relational databases via an interface—software that facilitates communications between a database management system and a program.
• A JDBC driver (p. 1046) enables Java applications to connect to a database in a particular DBMS and allows you to retrieve and manipulate database data.
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