Adabas

ADABAS

(database)A relational database system by Software AG.While it was initially designed for large IBM mainframesystems (e.g. S/370 in the late 1970s), it has been portedto numerous other platforms over the last few years such asseveral flavors of Unix including AIX.

ADABAS stores its data in tables (and is thus "relational")but also uses some non-relational techniques, such asmultiple values and periodic groups.

Adabas

A database management system (DBMS) from Software AG, Reston, VA (www.softwareagusa.com) for IBM mainframes, VAXes, Unix and Windows. It is an inverted list DBMS with relational capabilities. A 4GL known as NATURAL plus text retrieval, GIS processing, SQL and distributed database functions are also available. Introduced in 1969, it was one of the first DBMSs.

Acronym

Definition

ADABAS➣Adaptable Database System (German: Adaptierbares Datenbank System)

ADABAS➣Adaptable Data Management System