===== Relational DataBase Management System (RDBMS) =====
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**Relational DataBase Management System (RDBMS)** is a [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:d:database]] engine/system based on the relational model specified by Edgar F. Codd--the father of modern relational database design--in 1970.

Most modern commercial and open-source database applications are relational in nature. The most important relational database features include an ability to use tables for data storage while maintaining and enforcing certain data relationships.

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