database
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, Ireland, General New Zealand, General Australian, US) IPA(key): /ˈdeɪtəˌbeɪs/
- (Ireland, US) IPA(key): /ˈdætəˌbeɪs/
- (UK, General New Zealand, General Australian, General South African) IPA(key): /ˈdɑːtəˌbeɪs/
Noun
database (plural databases)
- (general) A collection of (usually) organized information in a regular structure, usually but not necessarily in a machine-readable format accessible by a computer.
- I have a database of all my contacts in my personal organizer.
- (computing) A set of tables in a database(1).
- The "books" database will have three tables, and the "customers" database will have two tables.
- (computing) A software program for storing, retrieving and manipulating a database(1).
- Which database do you use: MySQL or Oracle?
- (computing) A combination of (1) and (2).
Abbreviations
- (computer software): DB
Synonyms
- (collection of organized information): databank
- (computer software): database management system
Derived terms
computer software
- container database
- database administrator
- database analyst
- database engine
- distributed database
- metadatabase
- object database
- pluggable database
- relational database
- subdatabase
- superdatabase
Translations
collection of information
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software program
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Verb
database (third-person singular simple present databases, present participle databasing, simple past and past participle databased)
- To enter data into a database
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /daːtabaːsə/, [ˈd̥æːtˢaˌb̥æːsə], [ˌd̥æːtˢaˈb̥æːsə]
Inflection
Declension of database
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | database | databasen | databaser | databaserne |
| genitive | databases | databasens | databasers | databasernes |
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: da‧ta‧base
Italian
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
database m (definite singular databasen, indefinite plural databaser, definite plural databasene)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
database m (definite singular databasen, indefinite plural databasar, definite plural databasane)
References
- “database” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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