data bank

American  

Or databank

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.

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data bank British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of data bank

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

The George Floyd bill would also ban chokeholds and no-knock warrants, and create a national data bank of police officers accused of misconduct.

From Washington Times

Anvisa said in a statement the meeting dealt with “critical” issues that the developers of Sputnik V have not responded to, included the full results of late stage trials in Russia and access to the data bank of studies on the vaccine.

From Reuters

The responses flowed into the data bank of Billy Chat, a robot that uses artificial intelligence to text.

From Los Angeles Times

The Protein Data Bank, an online repository of protein sequences and educational tools, contains the amino acid sequences and full 3-D structures for more than 160,000 peptides and proteins—but the natural world contains hundreds of millions of proteins.

From Scientific American

“Right now they need to be looking at that bullet, put it through the data bank to see if the gun is being used elsewhere, canvas the neighborhood, look for video cams in the homes and stoplights in the area, and look for that vehicle.”

From Fox News