The database administrator is, in effect, the coordinator between the ...and the .........
The database administrator is, in effect, the coordinator between the database and the users.
Databaseadministrators use specialized software to store and organize data. The role may include capacity planning, installation, configuration, database design, migration, performance monitoring, security, troubleshooting, as well as backup and data recovery.
The database management system is the software that interacts with end users, applications, and the database itself to capture and analyze data.
User datamay be used to emphasize that the data were created and owned by the user.