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database

da·ta·base [ ˈdā-tə-ˌbās]

database

noun

[ˈdā-tə-ˌbās]

Definition of database

computers

: a usually large collection of data organized especially for rapid search and retrieval (as by a computer)
//an online database

Other Words from database

database transitive verb

Recent Examples on the Web

//Until recently, New York City police secretly kept fingerprints of children arrested as juveniles on file permanently in a department database.
— USA TODAY, "Surfboard proposal, Duke dorm opossum, Sky Bar’s back: News from around our 50 states," 15 Nov. 2019
//But the lawsuits from Kluge and other teachers concern challenges whose solutions aren’t as simple as changing signage on bathroom doors, or switching names in a database.
— Katie Reilly, Time, "'This Isn't Just About a Pronoun.' Teachers and Trans Students Are Clashing Over Whose Rights Come First," 15 Nov. 2019
//All medical marijuana products are tracked in a database from baby plants to when sold at a dispensary.
— Jackie Borchardt, Cincinnati.com, "Ohio medical marijuana: Officials issue first mandatory recall," 15 Nov. 2019
//The plan also calls on federal authorities to better share information with their local counterparts and to make sure authorities record instances in which those with mental illness are prevented from buying a firearm in a database.
— Mark Berman, Washington Post, "FBI says ‘lone offender terrorism’ in U.S. follows histories of violence, concerning behaviors," 13 Nov. 2019
//Investigators later found Hashim in the police database and went to his apartment in the 7700 block of Horizon Hill Boulevard.
— Jacob Beltran, ExpressNews.com, "H-E-B receipt leads police to suspect in 2016 homicide," 13 Nov. 2019
//Additional information on the service members, including possible family members, may be included in the database at fieldsofhonor-database.com.
— Tad Vezner, Twin Cities, "Dutch townspeople have adopted American soldiers’ graves. A Minnesota woman is helping put faces to their names.," 11 Nov. 2019
//Cross-reference the smell-data in a database, and find your match.
— Wired, "It's Time to Rethink Your Data—Including Your Smell Data," 8 Nov. 2019
//The number of centiMorgans indicates how closely the person in the database is related to the DNA sample collected from the murder scene.
— Jeff Rumage, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "How genetic genealogy helped solve the 1984 murder of 18-year-old Traci Hammerberg," 30 Oct. 2019

First Known Use of database

circa 1962, in the meaning defined above

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More Synonyms and Antonyms ofdatabase

Synonyms & Antonyms of database

a collection of pieces of information that is organized and used on a computer

All of our customers' information was kept in a database.

an online database

Synonyms and Near Synonyms for database

article,
item

Antonyms and Near Antonyms for database

More Definitions fordatabase

database

noun

English Language Learners Definition of database

: a collection of pieces of information that is organized and used on a computer

database

noun

da·ta·base | \ ˈdā-tə-ˌbās , ˈda-\

Kids Definition of database

: a collection of data that is organized especially to be used by a computer