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From: dberg@cod.NOSC.MIL (David I. Berg)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Data Base Machines
Message-ID: <1211@cod.NOSC.MIL>
Date: 14 Sep 88 23:13:29 GMT
References: <21755@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>
Organization: Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego
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In article <21755@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>, mcclure@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (James Edward McClure) writes:
> 
> 	Could someone please tell me exactly what a data base machine is....


A database machine (DBM) is a unit of hardware with a hard coded DBMS in its
firmware and some amount of high-speed disk space to store the data base.
It is usually used as a back-end processor to offload the processing of
data base queries and I/O to the data base from the remote computer(s).
One or more remote computers can be connected to it directly or via a 
network.  Queries are formulated remotely and sent to the DBM for processing;
results are then directed back to the source of the query.

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