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CSCI1270

(Formerly CS127 )

Database Management Systems

Instructor(s):
Stan Zdonik
Course Home Page:
http://www.cs.brown.edu/courses/csci1270/
Location: CIT 506
Meeting Time: M: Mon 3:00-5:20
Exam Group: 13
Semester: 1
Offered This Year?  Yes
When Offered? Every Year

Description

Introduction to database structure, organization, languages and implementation. Relational and object-oriented models. Query languages, query processing, query optimization, normalization, file structures, concurrency control and recovery algorithms, and distributed databases. Studies of actual systems. While database management system usage is covered, emphasis is on the systems-building aspects of these large, complex systems. We also relate the material to modern applications such as the web. Prerequisites: CSCI0220 and CSCI0310.


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