data bank

Or 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.

data bank

noun

1. a store of a large amount of information, esp in a form that can be handled by a computer

Word History and Origins

Origin of data bank¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

There are hundreds of public-private partnerships and consortia, such as the Protein Data Bank, that are advancing the frontiers of biomedicines with university assistance.

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President Lyndon Johnson’s effort to use the country’s developing expertise in computing to create a “National Data Bank” was shot down by privacy advocates and a reluctant Congress in 1965.

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Bankrupt genetic-testing firm 23andMe agreed to sell its data bank, which once contained DNA samples from about 15 million people, to the drug developer Regeneron Pharmaceuticals for $256 million.

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Indian CPI for September tops the regional calendar, which also includes Indian trade data, bank lending, corporate goods inflation and machinery orders form Japan, and the latest snapshot of industrial production from Malaysia.

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But they warn that the only infallible tool to link these people with their families of origin is DNA testing that continues to be carried out by the National Genetic Data Bank, whose creation they promoted in 1987.

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