This document discusses database management concepts. It defines key terms like bit, byte, field, record, and file. It describes different data types that can be stored in a database like text, images, audio. It explains different file organizations like sequential, indexed sequential and direct file. It provides examples of how data from different departments can be organized into master files and transaction files in a database using a DBMS. Records from employee and salesman tables are shown to illustrate how data is stored and accessed.