database

Or da·ta-base,

[dey-tuh-beys]

noun

1. a comprehensive collection of related data datum organized for convenient access, generally in a computer.

2. data bank.

database

/ ˈdeɪtəˌbeɪs /

noun

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

database

1. A collection of data arranged for ease and speed of search and retrieval by a computer.

database

1. 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of database¹

First recorded in 1965–70; data + base ¹

Example Sentences

The firm describes Oracle as an “AI juggernaut for the information age” that is “maniacally focused on database innovation.”

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Nearly 2 million 23andMe customers deleted their data from the company’s database following the bankruptcy filing, its current chief executive said during the hearing.

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Technology experts said options could include linking to biometrics held in government databases.

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That database only tracks "unprovoked" incidents – excluding those potentially encouraged by humans through activities such as spear fishing – but a fuller database of all recorded shark interactions in Australia is maintained by Taronga Conservation Society.

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Commercially available DNA databases were used to identify otherwise unknown fathers.

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