[RESOLVED] Difference between Softwares and Databases

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Software and Database.
These two words always go hand in hand. Yet i perceive there are major differences.Could some one point out for me the differences and when should some one use either word.

for example, i perceive that some one can develop an application that can simply show data that is processed directly from code. Most probably in a mathematical algorithm without storing it any where. I perceive this example as a software and not a database application. Some one correct me if i am wrong.

[jmcilhinney]

This should be in the General forum as it is not specifically related to VB.NET.

In the general sense, a database is a structured place to store data, like a warehouse. Software is computer code that performs functions, which may include processing the data that is stored in a database.

A relational database management system (RDBMS) is software that manages relational databases. SQL Server, Oracle and MySQL are examples of RDBMS's. Access is not an RDBMS because there is no system that manages the databases. The system is often called a database for brevity, but it is much more.

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Thanks JMC.