Definition: R:BASE

A relational DBMS for Windows from R:BASE Technologies, Inc., Murrysville, PA. R:BASE includes a complete programming language as well as an application generator. Options include Oterro software, which provides connectivity from any ODBC-compliant application to R:BASE, and R:Tango Web Solution Suite, which provides Web connectivity to R:BASE. Introduced in 1981 and originally developed by Microrim of Bellevue, WA, R:BASE was the first DBMS to compete with dBASE II, the leading personal computer database system of that era. In 1998, R:BASE was acquired by R:BASE Technologies, Inc.