What is meant by CMS (Content Management System) ?

Content Management System Terminology :

The content management system (CMS) has two elements: Content management Application (CMA) is the front-end user interface that allows a user, even with limited expertise, to add, modify and remove content from a Website without the intervention of a Webmaster.

Introduction :

A content management system (CMS) is a computer application that allows publishing, editing and modifying content, organizing, deleting as well as maintenance from a central interface. Such systems of content management provide procedures to manage workflow in a collaborative environment. These procedures can be manual steps or an automated cascade. CMSs have been available since the late 1990s.

A content management system, or CMS, is a web application designed to make it easy for non-technical users to add, edit and manage a website.

Not only do content management systems help website users with content editing, they also take care of a lot of "behind the scenes" work such as:
• Automatically generate navigation elements
• Making content searchable and indexable
• Keeping track of users, their permissions and security settings
• And much, much more.

Web content management system :

                     A content management system (Web Content Management System) is a bundled or stand-alone application to create, deploy, manage and store content on Web pages. Web content includes text and embedded graphics, photos, video, audio, and code (e.g., for applications) that displays content or interacts with the user. Content Management has many roles in today’s market place and is an important base for any website blogging, articles, news, description of products etc. A Web CMS may catalog and index content, select or assemble content at runtime, or deliver content to specific visitors in a requested way, such as other languages. Web Content Management System’s usually allow client control over HyperText Markup Language – based content, files, documents, and Web hosting plans based on the system depth and the niche it serves.