2593	 A Back-end Computer for Data Base Management	 It is proposed that the data base management function be placed on a dedicated back-end computer which accepts commands in a relatively high level language such as the CODASYL Data Base Task Group April Report from a host computer accesses the data base on secondary storage and returns results. The advantages of such a configuration are discussed. An experimental implementation called the experimental Data Management System XDMS is described and certain conclusions about the back-end approach are drawn from this implementation. data base management information retrieval computer configurations computer networks Data Base Task Group Language data base protection data base portability back-end computer
