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database.

A collection of (usually) organized information in a regular structure, usually but not necessarily in a machine-readable format accessible by a computer.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈdeɪtəˌbeɪs/Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK/ˈdeɪtəˌbeɪs/US[ˈdeɪɾəˌbeɪs]US/ˈdætəˌbeɪs/Canada, US

  1. A collection of (usually) organized information in a regular structure, usually but not necessarily in a machine-readable format accessible by a computer.

    broadly
    I have a database of all my contacts in my personal organizer.

  2. A set of tables and other objects (queries, reports, forms) in the form of a structured data set.

    The "books" database will have three tables, and the "customers" database will have two tables.

  3. A software program (application) for storing, retrieving and manipulating such a structured data set.

    broadly · metonymically
    Which database do you use: MySQL or Oracle?

  4. A combination of such data sets and the programs for using them.

    broadly · metonymically
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti Proto-Italic *didō Latin dō Latin datusnom. Latin datumbor. English data Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *gʷémtis Proto-Hellenic *gʷə́tis Ancient Greek βᾰ́σῐς (bắsĭs)bor. Latin basis Old French basebor. Middle English base English base English database From data + base.

verb/ˈdeɪtəˌbeɪs/Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK/ˈdeɪtəˌbeɪs/US[ˈdeɪɾəˌbeɪs]US/ˈdætəˌbeɪs/Canada, US

  1. To enter (data) into a database.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti Proto-Italic *didō Latin dō Latin datusnom. Latin datumbor. English data Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *gʷémtis Proto-Hellenic *gʷə́tis Ancient Greek βᾰ́σῐς (bắsĭs)bor. Latin basis Old French basebor. Middle English base English base English database From data + base.

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