ADABAS is Software AG's database
management system (DBMS).
ADABAS organizes and accesses data according to relationships among
data fields. The relationships among data fields are
expressed by
ADABAS files, which consist
of
data fields and
logical
records.
With the
ADABAS DBMS, you can also use
the high-level language NATURAL to operate on data that is managed
by the DBMS. NATURAL is Software AG's fourth generation application
development system that enables you to create, modify, read, and protect
data that the DBMS manages. All
ADABAS files and data fields referenced in a NATURAL program
must be defined to NATURAL through a Data Definition Module (DDM).
ADABAS has single-user and multi-user execution environments,
both of which are supported by the
SAS/ACCESS interface to
ADABAS.