database
noun
da·ta·base
ˈdā-tə-ˌbās 
ˈda-,
also ˈdä-
computers
: a usually large collection of data organized especially for rapid search and retrieval (as by a computer)
an online database
database
transitive verb
Examples of database in a Sentence
All of our customers' information was kept in a database.
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Of those 18, eight reports were from Arizona, nine were from California, and one was not yet listed in the database, so the location was not given.
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Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 18 May 2024
The application includes a criminal background check, though the federal databases used for the standard inquiry have significant gaps in information.
—Stacy St. Clair, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2024
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Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 18 May 2024
The application includes a criminal background check, though the federal databases used for the standard inquiry have significant gaps in information.
—Stacy St. Clair, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2024
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database
noun
da·ta·base
ˈdāt-ə-ˌbās
ˈdat-,
also ˈdät-
: a collection of data that is organized especially to be used by a computer
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