Course Descriptions
Description
COMS4203: Database Concepts
Prerequisites: COMS 2003, COMS 2203 and COMS 2903
Problems associated with common data processing systems, reasons for database system development; objectives such as data, device, user, and program independence; hierarchical, network, and relational models; data structures supporting database systems; operational considerations such as performance, integrity, security, concurrency, and reorganization; characteristics of existing database systems.