There are many ways to describe a database: the role it plays in a distributed architecture, the various internal components that make it work, and the various levels that define specific roles and ...

Database admins strive to ensure that large chunks of data are both accessible and stored with integrity. By using these programming languages, they can keep systems optimized. As data volumes ...

Julio M. Ottino in his Commentary “Is a picture worth 1,000 words?” (Nature 421, 474–476; 2003) divides images into two categories: those that convey data and those that illustrate scientific ideas.