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da⋅ta⋅base

  [dey-tuh-beys]
–noun
1. a comprehensive collection of related data organized for convenient access, generally in a computer.
2. data bank.
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Also, data-base, data base.

Origin:
1965–70; data + base 1
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da·ta·base   (dā'tə-bās', dāt'ə-)   
n.   also data base
A collection of data arranged for ease and speed of search and retrieval. Also called data bank.
tr.v.   da·ta·based, da·ta·bas·ing, da·ta·bas·es
To put (data) into a database.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Cultural Dictionary

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.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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database   (dā'tə-bās', dāt'ə-)  Pronunciation Key 
A collection of data arranged for ease and speed of search and retrieval by a computer.
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Computing Dictionary

database
1. One or more large structured sets of persistent data, usually associated with software to update and query the data. A simple database might be a single file containing many records, each of which contains the same set of fields where each field is a certain fixed width.
A database is one component of a database management system.
See also ANSI/SPARC Architecture, atomic, blob, data definition language, deductive database, distributed database, fourth generation language, functional database, object-oriented database, relational database.
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2. A collection of nodes managed and stored in one place and all accessible via the same server. Links outside this are "external", and those inside are "internal".
On the World-Wide Web this is called a website.
3. All the facts and rules comprising a logic programming program.
(2005-11-17)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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