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database

or da·ta-base, da·ta base

[ dey-tuh-beys ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a comprehensive collection of related data datum organized for convenient access, generally in a computer.
data bank.

database

/ ˈdeɪtəˌbeɪs /

a systematized collection of data that can be accessed immediately and manipulated by a data-processing system for a specific purpose
informal.
any large store of information
a database of knowledge

database

/ dā′tə-bās′,dăt′ə- /

A collection of data arranged for ease and speed of search and retrieval by a computer.

database

A set of data grouped together in one location in (or accessible by) a computer . A computerized database has been likened to an electronic filing cabinet of information arranged for easy access or for a specific purpose.

First recorded in 1965–70; data + base ¹

But after winning 55 percent of the white vote, Duke had a database of supporters some politicians coveted.

They have amassed a growing database of information on some 105,000 POWs.

The hitch was that the genetic profile has to be removed from the database if the person is exonerated.

He went through his entire database of over 70,000 images to select pieces for the Arizona show.

In other words, the fact of maintaining a global database in a secured way.

For those still captive to literacy, the alternative is the ubiquitous word-processed letter matched to a list in a database.

These resources have their specific epistemological condition-a printed encyclopedia is different from a database.

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