. conclusion
-database stands for database management system.
-we have four major types of dbmss namely hierarchical, network , relational, object oriented.
-the most widely used dbmss is the relational model that saves data in the table formats. 8it uses sql as the standard query language.
-sql is standard language used to query a database.
-the database approach has many advantages when it comes to storing data compared the traditional flat based system.