DBMS

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A form of database management system — A suite of interrelated computer programs designed to manage message processing and database update in a tightly controlled manner.

Less commonScrabble 9

Meanings

DBMS1

nounDBMS (plural DBMSs or DBMSes)

plural DBMSs · plural DBMSes

  1. abbreviationinitialismcomputingInitialism of database management system.

    Aside from the functional DBMS components described above, the logfile is a vital element in transaction management and recovery.

    2018, Wilfried Lemahieu, Seppe vanden Broucke, Bart Baesens, Principles of Database Management (page 435)

DBMs2

noun
  1. pluralplural of DBM

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database

Broader
softwaresoftware programcomputer software

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Czech SŘBD
  • SŘBDdatabase management system
French SGBD
  • SGBDdatabase management system
German DBVS
  • DBVSdatabase management system
Persian سمپاد
  • سمپادdatabase management system
Polish SZBD
  • SZBDdatabase management system
Russian СУБД
  • СУБД (SUBD)database management system
Turkish VTYS
  • VTYSdatabase management system

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APA

DBMS. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/DBMS

MLA

“DBMS.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/DBMS. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “DBMS,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/DBMS.

Source: DBMS on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.