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.
Also, da·ta-base, data base.

Origin:
1965–70; data + base1

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database (ˈdeɪtəˌbeɪs) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—n
1.  a systematized collection of data that can be accessed immediately and manipulated by a data-processing system for a specific purpose
2.  informal any large store of information: a database of knowledge

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Science Dictionary
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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Cultural Dictionary

database definition


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.

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Computing Dictionary

database definition


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.
Carol E. Brown's tutorial (http://accounting.rutgers.edu/raw/aies/www.bus.orst.edu/faculty/brownc/lectures/db_tutor/db_tutor.htm).
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)

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Example sentences
It could become the world's best database of household appliances and consumer electronics-and even foresee breakdowns.
Explain to students that they will create a chart or database for comparing information about different countries.
Database miners still have to learn how best to use all that data.
The tool searches its database for your camera and if it finds it, you can then
  go see the pictures.
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