资料来源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

intelligent database
     
         A {database management system} which performs data
        validation and processing traditionally done by {application
        programs}.  Most DBMSs provide some data validation,
        e.g. rejecting invalid dates or alphabetic data entered into
        money fields, but often most processing is done by application
        programs.  There is however no limit to the amount of
        processing that can be done by an intelligent database as long
        as the process is a standard function for that data.
     
        Examples of techniques used to implement intelligent databases
        are {constraints}, {triggers} and {stored procedures}.
     
        Moving processing to the database aids {data integrity}
        because it is guaranteed to be consistent across all uses of
        the data.  {Mainframe} databases have increasingly become more
        intelligent and personal computer database systems are rapidly
        following.
     
        (1998-10-07)