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diff --git a/docs/programmer_reference/intro.html b/docs/programmer_reference/intro.html index f1e5670d..81824769 100644 --- a/docs/programmer_reference/intro.html +++ b/docs/programmer_reference/intro.html @@ -14,13 +14,11 @@ <body> <div xmlns="" class="navheader"> <div class="libver"> - <p>Library Version 11.2.5.3</p> + <p>Library Version 12.1.6.1</p> </div> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"> <tr> - <th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter 1. - Introduction - </th> + <th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter 1. Introduction </th> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="moreinfo.html">Prev</a> </td> @@ -34,9 +32,7 @@ <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> - <h2 class="title"><a id="intro"></a>Chapter 1. - Introduction - </h2> + <h2 class="title"><a id="intro"></a>Chapter 1. Introduction </h2> </div> </div> </div> @@ -47,39 +43,41 @@ <dl> <dt> <span class="sect1"> - <a href="intro.html#intro_data">An introduction to data management</a> + <a href="intro.html#intro_data">An introduction to data + management</a> </span> </dt> <dt> <span class="sect1"> - <a href="intro_terrain.html">Mapping the terrain: theory and practice</a> + <a href="intro_terrain.html">Mapping the terrain: theory and + practice</a> </span> </dt> <dd> <dl> <dt> <span class="sect2"> - <a href="intro_terrain.html#idm1895840">Data access and data management</a> + <a href="intro_terrain.html#idm3285464">Data access and data management</a> </span> </dt> <dt> <span class="sect2"> - <a href="intro_terrain.html#idm2229408">Relational databases</a> + <a href="intro_terrain.html#idm2046400">Relational databases</a> </span> </dt> <dt> <span class="sect2"> - <a href="intro_terrain.html#idm2389408">Object-oriented databases</a> + <a href="intro_terrain.html#idm3331136">Object-oriented databases</a> </span> </dt> <dt> <span class="sect2"> - <a href="intro_terrain.html#idm2511776">Network databases</a> + <a href="intro_terrain.html#idm2845328">Network databases</a> </span> </dt> <dt> <span class="sect2"> - <a href="intro_terrain.html#idm1916248">Clients and servers</a> + <a href="intro_terrain.html#idm1493864">Clients and servers</a> </span> </dt> </dl> @@ -93,17 +91,17 @@ <dl> <dt> <span class="sect2"> - <a href="intro_dbis.html#idm1665072">Data Access Services</a> + <a href="intro_dbis.html#idm2881808">Data Access Services</a> </span> </dt> <dt> <span class="sect2"> - <a href="intro_dbis.html#idm1554168">Data management services</a> + <a href="intro_dbis.html#idm2939256">Data management services</a> </span> </dt> <dt> <span class="sect2"> - <a href="intro_dbis.html#idm157888">Design</a> + <a href="intro_dbis.html#idm2483664">Design</a> </span> </dt> </dl> @@ -117,22 +115,22 @@ <dl> <dt> <span class="sect2"> - <a href="intro_dbisnot.html#idm1802280">Berkeley DB is not a relational database</a> + <a href="intro_dbisnot.html#idm1825416">Berkeley DB is not a relational database</a> </span> </dt> <dt> <span class="sect2"> - <a href="intro_dbisnot.html#idm2288920">Berkeley DB is not an object-oriented database</a> + <a href="intro_dbisnot.html#idm1180680">Berkeley DB is not an object-oriented database</a> </span> </dt> <dt> <span class="sect2"> - <a href="intro_dbisnot.html#idm2354536">Berkeley DB is not a network database</a> + <a href="intro_dbisnot.html#idm2742952">Berkeley DB is not a network database</a> </span> </dt> <dt> <span class="sect2"> - <a href="intro_dbisnot.html#idm2301256">Berkeley DB is not a database server</a> + <a href="intro_dbisnot.html#idm940752">Berkeley DB is not a database server</a> </span> </dt> </dl> @@ -149,7 +147,8 @@ </dt> <dt> <span class="sect1"> - <a href="intro_distrib.html">What does the Berkeley DB distribution include?</a> + <a href="intro_distrib.html">What does the Berkeley DB + distribution include?</a> </span> </dt> <dt> @@ -166,22 +165,22 @@ <dl> <dt> <span class="sect2"> - <a href="intro_products.html#idm2240216">Berkeley DB Data Store</a> + <a href="intro_products.html#idm1332168">Berkeley DB Data Store</a> </span> </dt> <dt> <span class="sect2"> - <a href="intro_products.html#idm1817232">Berkeley DB Concurrent Data Store</a> + <a href="intro_products.html#idm1927528">Berkeley DB Concurrent Data Store</a> </span> </dt> <dt> <span class="sect2"> - <a href="intro_products.html#idm1869736">Berkeley DB Transactional Data Store</a> + <a href="intro_products.html#idm1455680">Berkeley DB Transactional Data Store</a> </span> </dt> <dt> <span class="sect2"> - <a href="intro_products.html#idm1577368">Berkeley DB High Availability</a> + <a href="intro_products.html#idm851864">Berkeley DB High Availability</a> </span> </dt> </dl> @@ -192,43 +191,60 @@ <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> - <h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="intro_data"></a>An introduction to data management</h2> + <h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="intro_data"></a>An introduction to data + management</h2> </div> </div> </div> - <p>Cheap, powerful computing and networking have created countless new -applications that could not have existed a decade ago. The advent of the -World-Wide Web, and its influence in driving the Internet into homes and -businesses, is one obvious example. Equally important, though, is the -shift from large, general-purpose desktop and server computers toward -smaller, special-purpose devices with built-in processing and -communications services.</p> - <p>As computer hardware has spread into virtually every corner of our -lives, of course, software has followed. Software developers today are -building applications not just for conventional desktop and server -environments, but also for handheld computers, home appliances, -networking hardware, cars and trucks, factory floor automation systems, -cellphones, and more.</p> - <p>While these operating environments are diverse, the problems that -software engineers must solve in them are often strikingly similar. Most -systems must deal with the outside world, whether that means -communicating with users or controlling machinery. As a result, most -need some sort of I/O system. Even a simple, single-function system -generally needs to handle multiple tasks, and so needs some kind of -operating system to schedule and manage control threads. Also, many -computer systems must store and retrieve data to track history, record -configuration settings, or manage access.</p> - <p>Data management can be very simple. In some cases, just recording -configuration in a flat text file is enough. More often, though, -programs need to store and search a large amount of data, or -structurally complex data. Database management systems are tools that -programmers can use to do this work quickly and efficiently using -off-the-shelf software.</p> - <p>Of course, database management systems have been around for a long time. -Data storage is a problem dating back to the earliest days of computing. -Software developers can choose from hundreds of good, -commercially-available database systems. The problem is selecting the -one that best solves the problems that their applications face.</p> + <p> + Cheap, powerful computing and networking have created + countless new applications that could not have existed a + decade ago. The advent of the World-Wide Web, and its + influence in driving the Internet into homes and businesses, + is one obvious example. Equally important, though, is the + shift from large, general-purpose desktop and server computers + toward smaller, special-purpose devices with built-in + processing and communications services. + </p> + <p> + As computer hardware has spread into virtually every corner + of our lives, of course, software has followed. Software + developers today are building applications not just for + conventional desktop and server environments, but also for + handheld computers, home appliances, networking hardware, cars + and trucks, factory floor automation systems, cellphones, and + more. + </p> + <p> + While these operating environments are diverse, the problems + that software engineers must solve in them are often + strikingly similar. Most systems must deal with the outside + world, whether that means communicating with users or + controlling machinery. As a result, most need some sort of I/O + system. Even a simple, single-function system generally needs + to handle multiple tasks, and so needs some kind of operating + system to schedule and manage control threads. Also, many + computer systems must store and retrieve data to track + history, record configuration settings, or manage + access. + </p> + <p> + Data management can be very simple. In some cases, just + recording configuration in a flat text file is enough. More + often, though, programs need to store and search a large + amount of data, or structurally complex data. Database + management systems are tools that programmers can use to do + this work quickly and efficiently using off-the-shelf + software. + </p> + <p> + Of course, database management systems have been around for + a long time. Data storage is a problem dating back to the + earliest days of computing. Software developers can choose + from hundreds of good, commercially-available database + systems. The problem is selecting the one that best solves the + problems that their applications face. + </p> </div> </div> <div class="navfooter"> @@ -244,7 +260,8 @@ one that best solves the problems that their applications face.</p> <td width="20%" align="center"> <a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a> </td> - <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Mapping the terrain: theory and practice</td> + <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Mapping the terrain: theory and + practice</td> </tr> </table> </div> |