database management system 
noun Computing
Software that handles the storage, retrieval, and updating of data in a computer system.SPIRES (initially, Stanford Physics Information Retrieval System, then Stanford Public Information Retrieval System) database management system was the product of brilliant programmers at Stanford....
- Over the last few years increasing numbers of web sites have begun to integrate a relational database management system.
- The MySQL database is a high-performance relational database management system for Web site and business application development and deployment.