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database
/ ˈɪəˌɪ /
noun
a systematized collection of data that can be accessed immediately and manipulated by a data-processing system for a specific purpose
informalany large store of information
a database of knowledge
database
A collection of data arranged for ease and speed of search and retrieval by a computer.
database
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.
Example Sentences
Beyond the lack of testing, the FDA didn’t actively look for patterns of harm among the exempted drugs in its adverse event database, Woodcock and others said.
The federal fingerprint database can be accessed only for patients who are dying or are the subject of a police investigation, hospital staff said.
The pair photographed the moth before releasing it back into the wild and logging the find in a database.
ProPublica pored through archived resumes, federal financial disclosures forms, online databases and other documents.
Couple of problems with that: Days before Biden took office, the Small Business Administration deleted almost all the database red flags designating potentially questionable or fraudulent loans subject to further review.
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