database

or da·ta-base, da·ta base

[ dey-tuh-beys ]

noun

1. a comprehensive collection of related data datum organized for convenient access, generally in a computer.
2. data bank.

database

/ ˈdeɪtəˌbeɪs /

noun

1. a systematized collection of data that can be accessed immediately and manipulated by a data-processing system for a specific purpose
2. informal.
   any large store of information

   a database of knowledge

database

/ dā′tə-bās′,dăt′ə- /

1. A collection of data arranged for ease and speed of search and retrieval by a computer.

database

1. A set of data grouped together in one location in (or accessible by) a computer . A computerized database has been likened to an electronic filing cabinet of information arranged for easy access or for a specific purpose.

Word History and Origins

Origin of database¹

First recorded in 1965–70; data + base ¹

Example Sentences

When asked a question, they ply through their database and try to synthesize from it the most probable answer.

From Los Angeles Times

Raw Story sought damages for OpenAI’s violation of the law and an injunction requiring the AI company to remove from its database all Raw Story content from which the CMI had been removed.

From Los Angeles Times

The supposed injury for which Raw Story was seeking relief, she wrote, “is not the exclusion of CMI” from OpenAI’s database, but the “use of Plaintiffs’ articles to develop Chat GPT without compensation for Plaintiffs.”

From Los Angeles Times

None of this explains where Atlas Biomed’s database of customer DNA has ended up - and the BBC has seen no evidence it is being misused.

From BBC

Previously, during arrests — but no longer — a suspect’s place of birth was recorded during fingerprinting and sent to an FBI database, which immigration authorities can access.

From Los Angeles Times