database manager

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database manager - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  database manager
  
     The part of the database management system (DBMS) that handles
     the organisation, storage and retrieval of the data.  A
     database manager may work with traditional programming
     languages, such as COBOL and BASIC, or may work only with its
     proprietary programming language.  The terms database manager
     and database management system are used interchangeably.
  
     A database manager links two or more files together and is the
     foundation for developing routine business systems.  Contrast
     with file manager, which works with only one file at a time
     and is typically used interactively on a personal computer for
     managing personal, independent files, such as name and address
     lists.