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Definition: DBMS |
DBMSNoun1. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | DBMS database management system. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Census | (Data Base Management System) A complex set of software programs that controls the organization, storage, and retrieval of data in a database. It also controls the security and integrity of the database. (references) |
Geological | A DBMS is software that supports processes germane to organizing, cataloging, locating, storing, retrieving, and maintaining data (i.e., information) in a data base. (Data Base Management System). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
DBMS | English | Director of base medical services | N/A |
DBMS | Italian | Sistema di gestione di base di dati | Computing |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: DBMSSynonym: database management system (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: DBMS |
| Specialty definitions using "DBMS": active DBMS ♦ data dictionary, Datacom, DATATRIEVE, dBASE, domain calculus, dynamic database management system, dynamic DBMS ♦ ETM, extensible database ♦ HiPAC ♦ Informix, Integrated Database Management System, InterBase ♦ Management Information Base ♦ Object Management Group ♦ POSTGRES ♦ quel ♦ relational DBMS, Remote Database Access ♦ SQL/DS, SQLDS, StarBurst, static database management system, static DBMS, sublanguage, system catalog. (references) |
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| "DBMS" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 94.68% of the time. "DBMS" is used about 94 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 94.68% | 89 | 34,931 |
| Noun (plural) | 4.26% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 1.06% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 94 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "DBMS": active DBMS ♦ dynamic DBMS ♦ relational DBMS ♦ static DBMS. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "DBMS": Siro-dbms. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
dbms | 127 |
dbms output | 10 |
dbms sql | 8 |
dbms job | 7 |
oracle dbms | 7 |
copy dbms | 6 |
dbms comparison | 5 |
dbms lob | 5 |
dbms tutorial | 5 |
dbms definition | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "DBMS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | DBMS (data base management system), data base management system (data base management system). (various references) | |
French | système intégré de gestion de bases de données, système de gestion de base de données, SGBD. (various references) | |
German | DBMS (data base management system), Datenbankverwaltungssystem (data base management system), Datenbank-Management-System (Data Base Management System). (various references) | |
Greek | σύστημα διαχείρισης βάσης δεδομένων (data base management system). (various references) | |
Italian | DBMS (data base management system), sistema di gestione di base di dati (data base management system), sistema di gestione dei data base (Data Base Management System). (various references) | |
Korean | 데이터 이스 관리 시스템. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | dbmsay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | DBMS (data base management system), sistema de gestão de base de dados (data base management system), SGBD (Data Base Management System). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "b-d-m-s" | |
+1 letter: dumbs. | |
+2 letters: bedims, demobs, embeds, imbeds. | |
+3 letters: bedamns, bedlams, bedumbs, beldams, bemused, bosomed, bossdom, bromids, dumbest, lambdas, midribs, misbind, sambaed. | |
+4 letters: abdomens, ambroids, ambushed, armbands, balsamed, bandsman, bandsmen, barmaids, basidium, beadsman, beadsmen, bedesman, bedesmen, bedlamps, bedmates, bedrooms, bedtimes, beldames, bemadams, bemisted, bermudas, beseemed, beshamed, beslimed, besmiled, besmoked, besmudge, bombards, bondsman, bondsmen, boredoms, bossdoms, bromides, budworms, disbosom, drumbles, dubniums, dumbness, embodies, embosked, embossed, gambades, gambados, imbodies, misbinds, misbound, misbrand, misbuild, misdoubt, nimbused, rhabdoms, scumbled, semibald, shambled, somebody, stumbled, subhumid, sublimed, subsumed, symboled. | |
+5 letters: absurdism, amberoids, ambuscade, assembled, badmouths, bdelliums, bedframes, bedimples, bedmakers, bemaddens, bemuddles, bemusedly, besmeared, besmudged, besmudges, besmutted, beswarmed, birdfarms, birdlimes, blemished, blossomed, bodements, bombloads, bombycids, bondmaids, combusted, diabolism, disbosoms, disembark, disembody, dismember, dissemble, divebombs, doorjambs, drumbeats, dumbbells, dumbcanes, dumbheads, embodiers, emboldens, emborders, embosomed, embryoids, endamebas, gambadoes, hebdomads, homebreds, hybridism, imboldens, imbosomed, labdanums, lambasted, mandibles, midbrains, misbiased, misbilled, misbrands, misbuilds, misdoubts, mobilised, mopboards, ombudsman, ombudsmen, rebeldoms, resembled, rhabdomes, rhomboids, rubidiums, scombroid, scrambled, sjamboked, slumbered, streambed, subdermal, submerged, submersed, submitted, succumbed, symbolled, unbemused, unbosomed. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 42 4D 53 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. -... -- ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01000010 01001101 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D B M S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0042 004D 0053 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)38364753 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Abbreviations 10. Acronyms 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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