As you can see from the diagram, a Perl program USES a standard API to communicate with DBI, the database interface module for Perl.

正如可以从这个图中看出的，Perl程序使用了一个标准的API来与DBI (Perl的数据库接口模块)进行通信。

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Analysis of data is made available by REST (REpresentational State Transfer) services, a standardized database interface that abstracts the database from the applications.

数据分析通过REST (REpresentational State Transfer)服务变得可用，该服务是为应用程序提供数据库抽象的数据库接口。

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Interface layer is mainly database interface and the network synchronization protocol.

接口层主要是数据库接口和网络同步协议。

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However, if the new Oracle 8i database would run on a non-NT machine that allowed users to connect to the database using the proprietary interface they are used to, it would be very interesting to MDS, he said.

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Applications act as a front end interface for a user, while the database is where the data is actually stored.

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Through a Web interface, the worker can retrieve data from a database, automatically load the data into a spreadsheet and pivot through the data to analyze it by part and type of problem.

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