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data warehouse

American  

noun

  1. Computers. a large, centralized collection of digital data gathered from various units within an organization.

    The annual report uses information from the data warehouse.


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Etymology

Origin of data warehouse

First recorded in 1985–90

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"Our great country can be much more than a data warehouse for AI products made overseas."

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

“You can already see the writing on the wall,” said Ali Ghodsi, chief executive of Databricks, a data warehouse and analysis company that works with A.I. start-ups.

From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2024

The report said the hacker gained access to the university’s data warehouse to analyze the effects of affirmative action following the U.S.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 30, 2023

He began building a "master data warehouse" that pulled in client data from other RealPage applications, such as those for leasing managers.

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2022

The financial accounting, the technology infrastructure, the data warehouse, and the hardcore underlying payments to infrastructure, I’m not as involved in.

From The Verge ● Nov. 16, 2021

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