rdbms A relational database management system (RDBMS) is a database management system (DBMS) that is based on the relational model as introduced by E. F. Codd. Most popular databases currently in use are based on the relational database model. A short definition of an RDBMS is: a DBMS in which data is stored in tables and the relationships among the data are also stored in tables. The data can be accessed or reassembled in many different ways without having to change the table forms. (Excerpt from Wikipedia article: Relational database management system (RDBMS)) 8 17 0.5 http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/sites/all/datacharts/hc/14109-chart-wp.html