General ObjectivesPrerequisitesPretestReview Materials for PrerequisiteConceptsGeneral IntroductionChapter I: General Information About Databases1.Specific Objectives for Chapter I2. Problems Posed by Classic Organizations (SGF)2.1. Limitations of Traditional File-Based Systems2.2. Information Redundancy2.3. Dependency Between Data and Programs3. Limits of the File System Approach3.1. Problems of Classical Data Management4. What Is a Database?4.1. Definition of a Database4.2. Database: Applications5. Database Management System (DBMS)5.1. Generalities5.2. DBMS: Objectives5.3. Different Types of DBMS Users5.4. DBMS Data Description Levels5.5. Relational DBMS5.6. Relational DBMS Architecture5.7. Main DBMS Functions5.8. Functional Architecture of a Relational DBMS6. Test for Chapter IChapter II: The Relational Model1. Specific Objectives for Chapter II2. Database Modelling3. The Entity/Association Model: Basic Concepts4. The Relational Model4.1. Basic Model Concepts5. Cartesian Product of a Set of Domains6. Relation6.1. Generalities6.2. Tuple of a Relationship6.3. Cardinality of a Relationship6.4. Degree of a Relationship6.5. The INSCRIPTION Relationship6.6. Relationship Diagram7. Schema of a Database7.1. Generalities7.2. Composite Key7.3. Foreign Key8. Test for Chapter IIFinal Test