data structures versus data bases???

[husam]

John Roth wrote:

> "husam" <husalwan at sci.kun.nl> wrote in message
> news:3BED54C2.1010608 at sci.kun.nl...
> 
> 
>>yes, i understand the general defenition of data bases and of data
>>structures. i should in fact put the question like this:
>>is a given dictionary or list of a set of data, a data base?
>>
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> 
> In some respect, it depends on your point of view. All of the
> data structures quoted in the previous articles in the thread
> are in fact collections with different access policies. Data bases
> are also collections with different access policies (SQL being
> by far the most popular one).
> 
> I normally think of a data structure as an abstract description
> of a way to organize a collection, a collection as a concrete
> example of a data structure with specific data that is in
> memory, and a data base as something that is managed
> by an external piece of software, called a 'data base
> manager.'
> 
> John Roth
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> 
> 

ok, the thing that i can make up from this discussion is that the 
difference between data base and data structures (list, dicts and 
tuples) lies in the usage policy. i mean data access and data 
manipulation methods differe, but they might resemble each other by the 
way data is organized. to be more specific, i have builed a small 
application to manage my audio cds. i made two programs in the first one 
i stored the cds and programs in lists. the length of main_list 
represent cd numbers, and each cd number is a list of the names of the 
audio tracks in that cd. in this program i can manipulate the items in 
any way i desire. in the second program i organized the cds and the 
audio tracks in dictionaries. to go back to the subject and according to 
what i understood i can now call my application is a data base program, 
or my cds are organized in a data base! right?