Definitions for Database
data·base

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.5 / 13 votes

1. databasenoun

   an organized body of related information

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.4 / 8 votes

1. databasenoun

   A combination of (1) and (2).

2. databaseverb

   To enter data into a database

WikidataRate this definition:3.3 / 16 votes

1. Database

   A database is an organized collection of data. The data is typically organized to model relevant aspects of reality, in a way that supports processes requiring this information. Database management systems are specially designed applications that interact with the user, other applications, and the database itself to capture and analyze data. A general-purpose database management system is a software system designed to allow the definition, creation, querying, update, and administration of databases. Well-known DBMSs include MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Access, Oracle, SAP, dBASE, FoxPro, IBM DB2 and FilemakerPro. A database is not generally portable across different DBMS, but different DBMSs can inter-operate by using standards such as SQL and ODBC or JDBC to allow a single application to work with more than one database.

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:2.8 / 5 votes

1. Database

   Work consisting of a structured file of information or a set of logically related data stored and retrieved using computer-based means.

Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsRate this definition:4.3 / 4 votes

1. database

   Information that is normally structured and indexed for user access and review. Databases may exist in the form of physical files (folders, documents, etc.) or formatted automated data processing system data files.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. database

   A computer document or piece of software.

   A database can be a spreadsheet or actual piece of software.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 16, 2020  

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1. • Information

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Database' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3046

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Database' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2641

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Database' in Nouns Frequency: #1031

How to pronounce Database?

1. Alex

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Database in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Database in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Database in a Sentence

1. Kevin Riordan:

   Comparing all of those faces (in a crowd) against a database is a enormously difficult task, looking for a particular face in a crowd is easier.

2. Jeff Dennis:

   Although this was due to an old breach [ and ] this is old information, now it's out there in the public domain, anyone who has basic search skills can now go find that database and exploit it, which was not the case when the data was originally taken.

3. Mark Krikorian:

   Doing database checks doesn’t help much if you don’t have anything useful in the database on most people, we don’t have any information on who these people are. We don’t have access on Syrian vital statistics or government records, if they even still exist.

4. Steve Vladeck:

   Today's decision is going to make it incumbent upon businesses and governments to be far more specific in their policies governing access to databases -- not just about who is allowed to access particular databases, but about the specific purposes for which those individuals are and are not allowed to access that database, in the process, The Supreme Court on Thursday has made it a lot harder to punish those who misuse databases to which they generally have lawful access -- and a lot more important for database owners to expressly prohibit uses of the data that aren't specifically permitted.

5. Autism Speaks-Google MSSNG:

   In the future, once there is a suspected diagnosis of autism, the (child’s) genome will be sequenced and doctors will compare it to the MSSNG database to find out what form of autism that child has, with this information in hand they can then better inform the family of what to do, and equally important, what not to do.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Database
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Database
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Database
4. ^ Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
   https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf