data bank
noun
a fund of information on a particular subject or group of related subjects, usually stored in and used via a computer system.
databank
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a variation of
data bank.
Example Sentences
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Explain one of Jackson’s superpowers: He’s a human databank when it comes to his MI5 rejects.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2024
It used the protein databank as its training set, which contains the experimentally determined structures of over 150,000 proteins.
From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2022
According to Teikoku databank, prices for more than 10,000 food items are set to go up by an average of 13% this year.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2022
He seemed capable of maintaining in his working memory a databank of the company’s vast operations and supply chains, and colleagues quaked in fear during his relentless interrogations at meetings.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 3, 2022
The result is even deeper integration of the individual in the shared databank of information through which our profile of commercial democracy is drawn.
From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin
