This document provides an introduction to database concepts. It defines a database as a collection of related data and a database management system (DBMS) as software that manages and controls access to the database. It discusses traditional file-based systems and their limitations compared to database approaches. The database approach involves storing data centrally in a database that can be accessed and manipulated by multiple application programs simultaneously. Key concepts covered include the three-level ANSI-SPARC architecture, database languages like DDL and DML, DBMS components, and file-server architectures.