ALL meanings of database
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D d - countable noun database A database is a collection of data that is stored in a computer and that can easily be used and added to. 3
- noun database a systematized collection of data that can be accessed immediately and manipulated by a data-processing system for a specific purpose 3
- noun database any large store of information 3
- noun database a large collection of data in a computer, organized so that it can be expanded, updated, and retrieved rapidly for various uses 3
- noun database any large or extensive collection of information 3
- noun database a comprehensive collection of related data organized for convenient access, generally in a computer. 1
- noun database data bank. 1
- noun database A structured set of data held in a computer, esp. one that is accessible in various ways. 1
- noun Technical meaning of database 1. (database) One or more large structured sets of persistent data, usually associated with software to update and query the data. A simple database might be a single file containing many records, each of which contains the same set of fields where each field is a certain fixed width. A database is one component of a database management system. See also ANSI/SPARC Architecture, atomic, blob, data definition language, deductive database, distributed database, fourth generation language, functional database, object-oriented database, relational database. 2. (hypertext) A collection of nodes managed and stored in one place and all accessible via the same server. Links outside this are "external", and those inside are "internal". On the World-Wide Web this is called a website. 3. All the facts and rules comprising a logic programming program. 1
- noun database data bank, collection of data 1
- noun database computing: searchable data 1
- noun database (computing) A collection of (usually) organized information in a regular structure, usually but not necessarily in a machine-readable format accessible by a computer. 0
- noun database (computing) A set of tables in a database(1). 0
- noun database (computing) A software program for storing, retrieving and manipulating a database(1). 0
- noun database (computing) A combination of (1) and (2). 0
- verb database To enter data into a database. 0