What is DBMS?

[sam]

A database management system (DBMS) is a software package with computer programs that control the creation, maintenance, and use of a database. It allows organizations to conveniently develop databases for various applications by database administrators (DBAs) and other specialists
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[allricjohnson]

A database management system (DBMS), sometimes just called a database manager, is a program that lets one or more computer users create and access data in a database. The DBMS manages user requests (and requests from other programs) so that users and other programs are free from having to understand where the data is physically located on storage media and, in a multi-user system, who else may also be accessing the data. In handling user requests, the DBMS ensures the integrity of the data (that is, making sure it continues to be accessible and is consistently organized as intended) and security (making sure only those with access privileges can access the data). The most typical DBMS is a relational database management system (RDBMS). A standard user and program interface is the Structured Query Language (SQL). A newer kind of DBMS is the object-oriented database management system (ODBMS).

[ElioFroton]

DBMS == Database Management System

Basically means the complete software suite for a particular database. Helps you manage the db on that platoform and various other diagnostic type things.. Great for transactional support!

Yeah! And for transaction sportive DBMS and RDBMS linux is good platform.

[JDann]

A database management system (DBMS), sometimes just called a database manager, is a program designed to allow the definition, creation, querying, update, and administration of databases.
A DBMS can understand as a file manager that manages data in databases rather than files in file systems. It is responsible for maintaining the integrity and security of stored data, and for recovering information if the system fails.

Some well known DBMSs include MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Access, Oracle, SAP HANA, dBASE, FoxPro, IBM DB2, LibreOffice Base, FileMaker Pro and InterSystems Caché.

Reference: http://searchsqlserver.techtarget.com/definition/database-management-system

[automart]

Database=data+instance
dbms-database management system
A database management system (DBMS) is a collection of programs that enables you to store, modify, and extract information from a database.

[keith.bowman]

DBMS stands for database management system is a collection of program designed for manipulate, store and extract information from a database.
Example of database applications
1)   ATM (automated teller machines)
2)   Flight reservations system