database
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdeɪtəˌbeɪs/
ipa: /ˈdeɪtəˌbeɪs/
ipa: [ˈdeɪɾəˌbeɪs]
ipa: /ˈdætəˌbeɪs/
ipa: [ˈdæɾəˌbeɪs]
ipa: /ˈdæːtəˌbeːs/
ipa: /ˈdɑːtəˌbeɪs/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈɖeːʈaːˌbeːs/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈɖaː-/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈɖæ-/
Forms: form: databases
form: data base
form: data-base
Etymology: From data + base.
Senses: examples: text: I have a database of all my contacts in my personal organizer.
glosses: A collection of (usually) organized information in a regular structure, usually but not necessarily in a machine-readable format accessible by a computer.
examples: text: The "books" database will have three tables, and the "customers" database will have two tables.
topics: computing
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glosses: A set of tables and other objects (queries, reports, forms) in the form of a structured data set.
examples: text: Which database do you use: MySQL or Oracle?
topics: computing
engineering
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glosses: A software program (application) for storing, retrieving and manipulating such a structured data set.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
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glosses: A combination of such data sets and the programs for using them.
Synonyms: topics: computer-software
computing
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word: DB
sense: collection of organized information
word: data set
sense: collection of organized information
word: dataset
sense: collection of organized information
word: databank
topics: computer-software
computing
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word: database management system
Derived terms: topics: computer-software
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word: bibliographic database
topics: computer-software
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word: container database
topics: computer-software
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word: database administrator
topics: computer-software
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word: database analyst
topics: computer-software
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word: database engine
topics: computer-software
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word: database key
topics: computer-software
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word: database management system
topics: computer-software
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word: database model
topics: computer-software
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word: database publishing
topics: computer-software
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word: database transaction
topics: computer-software
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word: distributed database
topics: computer-software
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word: distributional–relational database
topics: computer-software
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word: hierarchical database
topics: computer-software
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word: metadatabase
topics: computer-software
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word: object database
topics: computer-software
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word: pluggable database
topics: computer-software
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word: relational database
topics: computer-software
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word: subdatabase
topics: computer-software
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word: superdatabase
sense: unsorted
word: databaselike
sense: unsorted
word: geodatabase
sense: unsorted
word: hyperbase
sense: unsorted
word: nondatabase
sense: unsorted
word: tablebase
sense: unsorted
word: termbase
sense: unsorted
word: textbase