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What is the Oracle Database?…
Oracle is a relational database management system
- Reliably store large amounts of data in tables
- Concurrent query and update access by many users
- Built-in security
- Recovery capabilities
Competes with
- Sybase from Sybase
- SQL Server and Access from Microsoft
- DB2, Informix from IBM
Notes:
The Oracle Database is the flagship product of Oracle Corporation. First released in 1979, it is a multi-user relational database management system for small or large systems.
All multi-user database products generally provide the following functionality:
Reliably store large amounts of data in tables
Concurrent query and update access by many users
Built-in security
Recovery capabilities
Oracle is in the same market space as DB2, Sybase, SQL Server and a few other products.