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Distributed Database Systems

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Federated database systems; Heterogeneous distributed database systems; Homogeneous distributed database systems; Multidatabases

Definition

A distributed database (DDB) is an integrated collection of databases that is physically distributed across sites in a computer network. A distributed database management system (DDBMS) is the software system that manages a distributed database such that the distribution aspects are transparent to the users. To form a distributed database system (DDBS), the files must be structured, logically interrelated, and physically distributed across multiple sites. In addition, there must be a common interface to access the distributed data.

Historical Background

There are many reasons that motivated DDBS. First, distributed databases reflect organizational structure. In many organizations, the data are naturally distributed across departments/branches where each department/branch maintains its own local data. Moreover, it is not always possible to...

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  1. Department of Computer Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

    Kian-Lee Tan

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  1. Georgia Institute of Technology College of Computing, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Ling Liu

  2. University of Waterloo School of Computer Science, Waterloo, ON, Canada

    M. Tamer Özsu

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  1. Department of Computer Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

    Kian-Lee Tan

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Tan, KL. (2018). Distributed Database Systems. In: Liu, L., Özsu, M.T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Database Systems. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8265-9_701

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