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
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All of our customers' information was kept in a database.
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Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 22 Mar. 2026
Pull in live data from Excel, SQL Server, or other databases, and your diagrams update automatically.
—Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 21 Mar. 2026
At its best, AI English is a language database driven by statistics.
—Laura Aull, The Conversation, 20 Mar. 2026
Those samples were added to that database.
—Meg Anderson, NPR, 19 Mar. 2026
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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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