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 Artificial Intelligence(AI) is a branch of Science which deals with helping machines to find solutions of complex problems in a more human like fashion. This generally involves borrowing characteristics from human intelligence, and applying them as algorithms in a computer friendly way. John McCarthy, who coined the term Artificial Intelligence in 1956, defines it as "the science and engineering of making intelligent machines", especially intelligent computer programs. Intelligence is the computational part of the ability to achieve goals in the world. AI is the study of how to make computers do things which, at the moment, people do better. AI is the study and design of intelligent agents, where an intelligent agent is a system that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its chances of success. AI programming languages include LISP, developed in the 1950s, is the early programming language strongly associated with AI. LISP is a functional programming lang...

     I n a very general sense, a database administrator is the individual responsible for maintaining the RDBMS system. The DBA has many different responsibilities, but the overall goal of the DBA is to keep the server up at all times and to provide users with access to the required information when they need it. The DBA makes sure that the database is protected and that any chance of data loss is minimized.   A DBA can be someone who, from the start, has concentrated in the area of database design and administration. A DBA can be a programmer who, by default or by volunteering, took over the responsibility of maintaining a database server during project development and enjoyed the job so much that he switched. A DBA can be a system administrator who was given the added responsibility of maintaining a database server. DBAs can even come from unrelated fields, such as accounting or the help desk, and switch to Information Systems to become DBAs. A DBA needs the ...