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A
database is made of …
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Physical
database -- tables
actually
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stored on the hard disk
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Logical
database -- created
on-the-fly
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virtual tables specified by ...
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Queries -- [programs written in SQL that]
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define how to make a logical table from
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physical tables
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GUIs -- the interface for users to DBs
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