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 A collection of data arranged for ease and speed of search and retrieval. 
  
-[NetworkDataBase ]s are one of the longest-established types of DataBase, with [GDBM] being a prime example. 
+[HierarchicalDataBase ]s are one of the longest-established types of DataBase, with [GDBM] being a prime example. 
  
-The most widely used forms database are [RelationalDataBase]s and their practical offspring [PostRelationalDataBase]s. Because a database by itself is very little use without the support infrastructure of utilities, converters, connectors, tools, tutorials and so forth most are actually Relational Database Management Systems ([RDBMS]). [RDBMS]s include [Oracle], [MySQL], [PostgreSQL], [Microsoft] [SQL] Server, Informix, [Borland] Interbase, FireBird and [IBM] [DB2]. See also PostgresVsMysql 
+The most widely used forms database are [RelationalDataBase]s and their practical offspring [PostRelationalDataBase]s. Because a database by itself is very little use without the support infrastructure of utilities, converters, connectors, tools, tutorials and so forth most are actually Relational Database Management Systems ([RDBMS]). [RDBMS]s include [Oracle], [MySQL], [PostgreSQL], [Microsoft] [SQL] Server, Informix, [Borland] Interbase, FireBird and [IBM] [DB2]. See also PostgresVsMysql.  
  
 [XMLDataBase]s are currently flavour of the month for all sorts of reasons.