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ARCHITECTURE LEVELS

NAME: AQSA ALI


DEPARTMENT: DATA SCIENCE
SEMESTER: 2ND
SECTION: 2B
ARCHITECTURE LEVELS OF DBMS

THERE ARE THREE LEVELS OR LAYERS OF DBMS ARCHITECTURE:

1. EXTERNAL LEVEL
2. CONCEPTUAL LEVEL
3. INTERNAL LEVEL
1. EXTERNAL LEVEL

1. THE USER’S VIEW OF THE DATABASE.


2. CONSISTS OF A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT EXTERNAL VIEWS OF THE DATA BASE.
3. DESCRIBES PART OF THE DB FOR PARTICULAR GROUP OF USERS.
4. THE USER IS NOT AWARE OF THE EXISTENCE OF ANY ATTRIBUTES THAT ARE MISSING FROM THE
VIEW.
5. IT PERMITS USERS TO ACCESS DATA IN A WAY THAT IS CUSTOMIZED TO THEIR NEEDS, SO THAT
THE SAME DATA CAN BE SEEN BY DIFFERENT USERS IN DIFFERENT WAYS, AT THE SAME TIME.
2. CONCEPTUAL LEVEL

1. CONCEPTUAL LEVEL DESCRIBES THE STRUCTURE OF THE WHOLE DATABASE FOR A GROUP OF
USERS.
2. IT IS ALSO CALLED AS THE DATA MODEL.
3. CONCEPTUAL SCHEMA IS A REPRESENTATION OF THE ENTIRE CONTENT OF THE DATABASE.
4. THESE SCHEMA CONTAINS ALL THE INFORMATION TO BUILD RELEVANT EXTERNAL RECORDS.
5. IT HIDES THE INTERNAL DETAILS OF PHYSICAL STORAGE.
6. IT REPRESENTS: ENTITIES, ATTRIBUTES, RELATIONS
3. INTERNAL LEVEL

1. PHYSICAL REPRESENTATION OF THE DATABASE ON THE COMPUTER.


2. HOW THE DATA IS STORED IN THE DATABASE
3. AT LOWEST LEVEL, IT IS STORED IN THE FORM OF BITS WITH THE PHYSICAL
ADDRESSES ON THE SECONDARY STORAGE DEVICE.
4. AT HIGHEST LEVEL, IT CAN BE VIEWED IN THE FORM OF FILES.
5. THE INTERNAL SCHEMA DEFINES THE VARIOUS STORED DATA TYPES. IT USES A
PHYSICAL DATA MODEL.
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