Definitions for Database
Data·base

Princeton's WordNet(2.54 / 13 votes)Rate this definition:

1. databasenoun

   an organized body of related information

Wiktionary(2.37 / 8 votes)Rate this definition:

1. databasenoun

   A combination of (1) and (2).

2. databaseverb

   To enter data into a database

Freebase(3.25 / 16 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Database

   A database is an organized collection of data. The data is typically organized to model relevant aspects of reality, in a way that supports processes requiring this information. Database management systems are specially designed applications that interact with the user, other applications, and the database itself to capture and analyze data. A general-purpose database management system is a software system designed to allow the definition, creation, querying, update, and administration of databases. Well-known DBMSs include MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Access, Oracle, SAP, dBASE, FoxPro, IBM DB2 and FilemakerPro. A database is not generally portable across different DBMS, but different DBMSs can inter-operate by using standards such as SQL and ODBC or JDBC to allow a single application to work with more than one database.

U.S. National Library of Medicine(2.80 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

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(4.25 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

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.

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1. database

   A computer document or piece of software.

   A database can be a spreadsheet or actual piece of software.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 16, 2020  

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Database' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3046

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Database' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2641

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Database' in Nouns Frequency: #1031

How to pronounce Database?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Database in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Database in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Database in a Sentence

1. Sherry Towers:

   An official database needs to be compiled.

2. Scott Evans:

   In order to quantify those changes in diversity and test hypothesized causes for such change, we compiled a database of every record of Ediacaran fossil occurrences from around the world.

3. Mike Lee:

   The USA Freedom Act does not propose that we abandon any and all efforts to analyze telephone data, what we're talking about here is a program that currently contemplates the collection of all data just as a routine matter and the aggregation of all that data in one database. That causes concerns for a lot of people... There's a lot of potential for abuse.

4. Mark Krikorian:

   Doing database checks doesn’t help much if you don’t have anything useful in the database on most people, we don’t have any information on who these people are. We don’t have access on Syrian vital statistics or government records, if they even still exist.

5. Jeff Dennis:

   As good as our defenses are, the bad guys are continuing to evolve faster than we can protect ourselves and faster than companies can protect the information, so you just need to be aware, i wouldn't put anything on Facebook that you wouldn't want put in a public database somewhere down the line.

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