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data bank

–noun
1. a fund of information on a particular subject or group of related subjects, usually stored in and used via a computer system.
2. database.
Also, da⋅ta⋅bank.


Origin:
1965–70
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data bank or da·ta·bank   (dā'tə-bāngk', dāt'ə-)   
n.  
  1. See database.

  2. An organization chiefly concerned with building, maintaining, and using a database.

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