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Database management system

A piece of software that controls the organization storage retrieval security and integrity of data in a database it accepts requests from the application and instructs the operating system to transfer the appropriate data.

Sources for this glossary: IPGRI Tech. Bulletin 10: Molecular markers for genebank management and Seed handling in genebanks training course
Glossary open source software by M. Brampton

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