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Database engine

 

Software that stores and retrieves data in a database. It may be a self-contained entity or part of a comprehensive database management system (DBMS). See database manager.

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A database engine (or "storage engine") is the underlying software component that a database management system (DBMS) uses to create, retrieve, update and delete (see CRUD (acronym)) data from a database. One may command the database engine via the DBMS's own user interface, and sometimes through a network port.

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