Applications will be targeted to a variety of machines, from which they can access the database. The server is implemented as a daemon process capable of handling multiple connections. The server performs necessary data alignment. The client performs necessary data conversion. The database is implemented using the Unix ndbm database subroutine package.
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The database is implemented using the Unix ndbm database subroutine package. NGBrowse provides access to data maintained in Ingres and Exosat DBMSs. It provides both internal and SQL type command syntax.