database
nounverbcommon in dialogue
- United States//ˈdeɪtəˌbeɪs//
- United States/[ˈdeɪɾəˌbeɪs]/
- Australia//ˈdeɪtəˌbeɪs//
A collection of (usually) organized information in a regular structure, usually but not necessarily in a machine-readable format accessible by a computer.
noun
- 1
A collection of (usually) organized information in a regular structure, usually but not necessarily in a machine-readable format accessible by a computer.
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.
Which database do you use: MySQL or Oracle?
- 4
A combination of such data sets and the programs for using them.
Etymology
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 *gʷeh₂-? 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
- 1
To enter (data) into a database.
The resulting citation collection was databased and coded for meaning, etymon, and date range (earliest and latest occurrence found).
Forms
- plural
- databases
- past tense
- databased
- past participle
- databased
- present participle
- databasing
- third person singular
- databases
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