Teradata Database software resides on the platform and implements the relational database environment. The platform software includes the following functional modules.
| This module… | Provides… |
|---|---|
| Database Window | a tool that you can use to control the operation of Teradata Database. |
| Teradata Gateway | communications support. The Gateway software validates messages from clients that generate sessions over the network and it controls encryption. |
| Parallel Database Extensions (PDE) | a software interface layer that lies between the operating system and database. PDE enables the database to operate in a parallel environment. For more information about PDE, see Parallel Database Extensions. |
| Teradata Database management software | the following modules:
For more information about Teradata Database file system, see Teradata Database File System. |