Sekirov Dictionary

database

/ˈdeɪtəˌbeɪs/

noun 4
verb 1
forms 3

noun4

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a store of facts about many people or things, held on a computer in an order that a program can search
- I have a database of all my contacts in my personal organizer.
•
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.
•
A software program (application) for storing, retrieving and manipulating such a structured data set.
- Which database do you use: MySQL or Oracle?
A combination of such data sets and the programs for using them.

verb1

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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). — 2018

forms

databased · databasing · databases

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