database
or da·ta-base, da·ta base
Origin of database
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Contemporary Examples of database
But after winning 55 percent of the white vote, Duke had a database of supporters some politicians coveted.
The hitch was that the genetic profile has to be removed from the database if the person is exonerated.
My nearest relation, my wife, is telling me to get off my database and take out the garbage.
Stotts said he also hopes to launch similar awards for NFL and NBA medical staffs, with his database helping decide the latter.
However, the database did not contain financial information or other confidential personal information.
Historical Examples of database
For those still captive to literacy, the alternative is the ubiquitous word-processed letter matched to a list in a database.
The Civilization of IlliteracyMihai Nadin
These resources have their specific epistemological condition-a printed encyclopedia is different from a database.
The Civilization of IlliteracyMihai Nadin
database
- a systematized collection of data that can be accessed immediately and manipulated by a data-processing system for a specific purpose
- informal any large store of informationa database of knowledge
database
- A collection of data arranged for ease and speed of search and retrieval by a computer.
database
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.