noun
database
DAY-tuh-bays
noun
1
An organised collection of data stored and accessed electronically.
"The company keeps all customer records in a central database."
"She wrote a query to pull the sales figures from the database."
How to Use Database
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA structured collection of information stored on a computer so it can be searched, updated, and retrieved efficiently.
Common pairings
store in a database
database query
update the database
Word Forms
databased past tense, databases plural, databases singular
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Etymology
A straightforward compound of data and base, coined in computing to describe a structured "base" of data.