Wiktionary
database management system
n. (context computing English) A suite of interrelated computer programs designed to manage message processing and database update in a tightly controlled manner.
WordNet
database management system
n. a software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database [syn: DBMS]
Usage examples of "database management system".
She believes that no hacker, including the government, can monitor the transmissions of classified data generated by the Heterogenous Image Transaction database management system that goes by the acronym HIT.