database

database

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English

Alternative forms

  • data base, data-base (dated)

Etymology

data +‎ base

Pronunciation

  • (UK, Ireland, New Zealand, General Australian, US) IPA(key): /ˈdeɪtəˌbeɪs/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈdætəˌbeɪs/
  • (Ireland) IPA(key): /ˈdæːtəˌbeːs/
  • (UK, New Zealand, General Australian, General South African) IPA(key): /ˈdɑːtəˌbeɪs/

Noun

database (plural databases)

  1. (general) A collection of (usually) organized information in a regular structure, usually but not necessarily in a machine-readable format accessible by a computer.
  2. (computing) A set of tables and other objects (queries, reports, forms) in the form of a structured data set.
  3. (computing, loosely, metonymically) A software program (application) for storing, retrieving and manipulating such a structured data set.
  4. (computing, loosely, metonymically) A combination of such data sets and the programs for using them.

Synonyms

  • (computer software): DB

Synonyms

  • (collection of organized information): data set, dataset, databank
  • (computer software): database management system

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Danish: database
  • Dutch: database
  • Hindi: डेटाबेस (ḍeṭābes)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: database
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: database

Translations

Verb

database (third-person singular simple present databases, present participle databasing, simple past and past participle databased)

  1. To enter data into a database.

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English database.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /daːtabaːsə/, [ˈd̥æːtˢaˌb̥æːsə], [ˌd̥æːtˢaˈb̥æːsə]

Noun

database c (singular definite databasen, plural indefinite databaser)

  1. database [from 1970]

Inflection

Further reading

  • database on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English database.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdaː.taːˌbeːs/
  • Hyphenation: da‧ta‧base

Noun

database f (plural databases, diminutive databaseje n)

  1. database

Synonyms

  • databank

French

Noun

database f (plural databases)

  1. (dated) database
    Synonym: base de données

Interlingua

Noun

database (plural databases)

  1. database

Italian

Noun

database m (invariable)

  1. database

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From data +‎ base.

Noun

database m (definite singular databasen, indefinite plural databaser, definite plural databasene)

  1. (computing) a database

References

  • “database” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From data +‎ base.

Noun

database m (definite singular databasen, indefinite plural databasar, definite plural databasane)

  1. (computing) a database

References

  • “database” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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