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title: Databases
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date: 2024-08-12
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- name: Dimitri Yatsenko
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# Definition
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# Databases
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## Definition
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In this book, we will use the term *database* in a more specialized sense than what you might find through a casual search or in other texts.
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Our definition is stricter, emphasizing the critical role of databases in complex operations.
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```{card} Database
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A **database** is a dynamic, systematically organized collection of data that plays an integral role in a real-world enterprise.
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It supports the enterprise’s operations and is accessed by a variety of users in different ways. Examples of enterprises that rely on databases include hotels, airlines, stores, hospitals, universities, banks, and scientific experiments.
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A **database** is a dynamic (i.e. *time-varying*), systematically organized collection of data that plays an integral role in the operation of an enterprise.
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It supports the enterprise’s operations and is accessed by a variety of users in different ways. Examples of enterprises that rely on databases include hotels, airlines, stores, hospitals, universities, banks, and scientific studies.
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The database not only tracks the current state of the enterprise’s processes but also enforces essential *business rules*, ensuring that only valid transactions occur and preventing errors or inconsistencies. It serves as the **system of record**, the **single source of truth**, accurately reflecting the current state and ongoing activities.
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