• Enumerate the various flavours of structured query languages
• Explain the techniques for storage and indexing of data
• Describe query processing, query optimisation, and transaction management
• Explain the need for database security
• Use of database programming to retrieve data
• Describe how distributed and multimedia databases are used
• Explain the concepts of data mining and data warehousing

The course enables working with a database management system (DBMS). It covers various techniques used for storage and indexing of data. A significant part of the course deals with advanced topics related to databases and its management, including database security, distributed databases, data mining, and data warehousing.

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