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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So Koester compiled a database that now contains more than 500,000 missing person searches dating back to the 1970s.
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N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 3 May 2025
Between January 2020 and October 2021, authorities say, Weiss gained access to databases maintained by Keffer Development Services, which markets a platform called the Athletic Trainer System to manage electronic health records.
—Austin Meek, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Researchers at the University in Taiwan compared objects that were observed in the IRAS database with the data obtained by AKARI to see if there were any movements within that time frame.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 2 May 2025
Newsweek could not confirm his status in the ICE online detention database on Thursday morning.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
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N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 3 May 2025
Between January 2020 and October 2021, authorities say, Weiss gained access to databases maintained by Keffer Development Services, which markets a platform called the Athletic Trainer System to manage electronic health records.
—Austin Meek, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Researchers at the University in Taiwan compared objects that were observed in the IRAS database with the data obtained by AKARI to see if there were any movements within that time frame.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 2 May 2025
Newsweek could not confirm his status in the ICE online detention database on Thursday morning.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
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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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