Explain the major components of DBMS.
Components of DBMS: These are comprised of several components. These would include software, hardware, data, procedures and database access language.
1. Hardware: Hardware of computer consists of physical components such as keyboard, mouse, monitor, and processor. These are electronic and electro-mechanical components.
2. Software: A set(s) of programmes, which is used to work with such hardware is called its software. A coded set of instructions stored in the form of circuits is called firmware.
3. People: People interacting with the computers are also called live-ware of the computer system. They constitute the most important part of the computer system.
4 Procedures: The procedure means a series of operations in a certain order or manner to achieve desired results. There are three types of procedures which constitute part of a computer system: hardware-oriented, software-oriented and internal procedure.
5 Data: These are facts and may consist of numbers, text, etc. These are gathered and entered into a computer system. The computer system in turn stores retrieves, classifies, organises and synthesizes the data to produce information according to a pre-determined set of instructions.