Concepts

Understanding some basic terms and concepts will help you work with Sybase IQ.

• Servers
  Access to your database must be made through a server, which provides a communications channel and a manipulation device for the database.
• Database Computing
  Database applications and the database server work together to manage databases.
• Relational Databases
  A relational database management system stores and retrieves data in tabular format. A relational database consists of a collection of tables that store interrelated data.