Definitions for database

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

da′ta•base`(n.)

or da′ta base`

  1. a collection of organized, related data, esp. one in electronic form that can be accessed and manipulated by specialized computer software.

    Category: Computers

Origin of database:

1965–70

Princeton's WordNet

  1. database(noun)

    an organized body of related information

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. database(noun)ˈeɪtəbˌeɪs

    a set of data organized on a computer

    to search the database

Wiktionary

  1. database(Noun)

    A combination of (1) and (2).

  2. database(Verb)

    To enter data into a database

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Database

    Work consisting of a structured file of information or a set of logically related data stored and retrieved using computer-based means.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

  1. database

    Information that is normally structured and indexed for user access and review. Databases may exist in the form of physical files (folders, documents, etc.) or formatted automated data processing system data files.


Translations for database

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

database(noun)

(alsoˈdata-bank ) a large amount of information which is stored in a computer.

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