This document provides an introduction to database management systems. It defines key concepts like structured and unstructured data, and explains how data can be stored in file systems or databases. The document outlines some issues with file systems like redundancy, inconsistency and lack of security. It then defines what a database and database management system (DBMS) are, describing how a DBMS can create, retrieve, update and delete data from a database. Database languages like DDL for defining schemas and DML for queries and updates are also introduced.