Database Management System (DBMS) Types

• Filesystem-based

  • simple
  • inefficient
  • few capabilities

• Hierarchical

  • phylogenetic structures
  • geographical images

• Network

  • very flexible
  • not widely used

• Relational

  • widely-used, mature
  • table-oriented
  • restricted range of structures

• Object-oriented

  • developing -few commercial implementations
  • diverse structures
  • extensible

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