Formatted contents note Database concepts -- Database systems -- Data models -- Design concepts -- The relational database model -- Entity relationship (ER) modeling -- Advanced data modeling -- Normalization of database tables -- Advanced design and implementation -- Introduction to structured query language (SQL) -- Advanced SQL -- Database design -- Advanced database concepts -- Transaction management and concurrency control -- Database performance tuning and query optimization -- Distributed database management systems -- Business intelligence and data warehouses -- Big data analytics and NoSQL -- Databases and the internet -- Database connectivity and web technologies -- Database administration -- Database administration and security.

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