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data bank






data bank   
noun

Definition of data bank

: database



Recent Examples on the Web


//Two researchers inspired by Mallory’s case, Jessica Sacher and Jan Zheng, have created Phage Directory, the first phage therapy data bank.
— Diane Shader Smith, STAT, "My daughter is gone but her legacy lives on through her writing and phage therapy," 13 Nov. 2019
//In 1971, Senate hearings on federal data banks revealed the existence of a vast program of domestic surveillance conducted by the U.S. military.
— Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, "Edward Snowden and the Rise of Whistle-Blower Culture," 16 Sep. 2019
//The kind of writing professionals practice draws on an extensive data bank in the author’s head, one filled with literary illusions, ancient and new, historical reference points, buried memories and Google.
— Mike Oliver | Moliver@al.com, al, "My Vinyl Countdown plays with words, like Bob Dylan," 1 Sep. 2019
//In the new study, a team led by Brendan Zietsch of the University of Queensland, Australia, mined several massive genome data banks, including that of 23andMe and the UK Biobank (23andMe did not fund the research).
— Sara Reardon, Scientific American, "Massive Study Finds No Single Genetic Cause of Same-Sex Sexual Behavior," 29 Aug. 2019
//By the 1970s, the number indexed a wealth of sensitive information in computer data banks, prompting major privacy legislation.
— Time Staff, Time, "15 Unsung Moments From American History That Historians Say You Should Know About," 28 June 2019
//Researchers used information from more than 400,000 women in two large data banks -- around 180,000 women from UK Biobank study and more than 220,000 women from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium study.
— Nina Avramova, CNN, "Morning people may have a lower risk of breast cancer, says study," 26 June 2019
//Saturday’s goal was to add at least 160 more observations to the data bank.
— Sara Cardine, latimes.com, "Descanso visitors, staff conduct citizen science in first BioBlitz," 7 June 2018
//The Federation of State Medical Boards has its own system for tracking state actions and credentials, but doesn’t have all the same information as the data bank.
— John Fauber, jsonline.com, "Is your doctor banned from practicing in other states? State licensing system keeps patients in the dark," 28 Feb. 2018


First Known Use of data bank

1966, in the meaning defined above



Dictionary Entries near data bank

dat

DAT

data

data bank

database

dataflow

datal