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.
Recent Examples on the Web
If the car isn't listed below, owners can check USA TODAY’s automotive recall database or search NHTSA’s database for new recalls.
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USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2024
These direct-to-physician marketing interactions are tracked as payments in a public database, and a new study shows the meetings work.
—Sydney Lupkin, NPR, 22 Apr. 2024
About 5,000 people in its clientele database have expressed interest in moving to South Carolina soon.
—Eduardo Medina Eduardo Medina, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2024
With help from a Texas laboratory specializing in missing and unidentified people and a forensics lab in Utah, the jawbone was given a genetic profile that could then be added to genealogy databases online.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2024
Estrella also illegally accessed the state’s law enforcement database and pulled unique information about the main Seminole County detective, including his home address.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2024
Refuge Restrooms, another app and online database searchable by location, helps transgender and gender-nonconforming people find safe bathrooms, even in rural areas.
—Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Apr. 2024
According to the database, Arizona has had 19 shootings on school campuses from 1970 until June 2022.
—L. M. Boyd, The Arizona Republic, 15 Apr. 2024
OpenAI’s proprietary databases—the ones used to train products such as ChatGPT—are likely far larger.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2024
USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2024
These direct-to-physician marketing interactions are tracked as payments in a public database, and a new study shows the meetings work.
—Sydney Lupkin, NPR, 22 Apr. 2024
About 5,000 people in its clientele database have expressed interest in moving to South Carolina soon.
—Eduardo Medina Eduardo Medina, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2024
With help from a Texas laboratory specializing in missing and unidentified people and a forensics lab in Utah, the jawbone was given a genetic profile that could then be added to genealogy databases online.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2024
Estrella also illegally accessed the state’s law enforcement database and pulled unique information about the main Seminole County detective, including his home address.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2024
Refuge Restrooms, another app and online database searchable by location, helps transgender and gender-nonconforming people find safe bathrooms, even in rural areas.
—Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Apr. 2024
According to the database, Arizona has had 19 shootings on school campuses from 1970 until June 2022.
—L. M. Boyd, The Arizona Republic, 15 Apr. 2024
OpenAI’s proprietary databases—the ones used to train products such as ChatGPT—are likely far larger.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 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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