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/ˈdeɪtəbeɪs/, /ˈdɑːtəbeɪs/, U.S. /ˈdædəˌbeɪs/, /ˈdeɪdəˌbeɪs/, /ˈdɑdəˌbeɪs/ Computing.
A structured set of data held in computer storage and typically accessed or manipulated by means of specialized software. Also in extended use. Cf. base n.1 12c.In quot. 1955 perhaps: a body of information.A database in its simplest form typically consists of a single file containing multiple records (record n.1 9), each of which has data for a particular set of fields (field n.1 19). relational database: see relational adj. 3.
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database1955
society > computing and information technology > data > database > [noun]
database1955
customer database1975
data warehouse1975
data mart1992
1955 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 69 155 A thoroughgoing character classification of federal government activities, à la J. R. Hicks, would provide the data-base necessary for this kind of stabilization policy.
1962 Techn. Memorandum (System Development Corp., Calif.) tm- wd-16/007/00. i. 5 A ‘data base’ is a collection of entries containing item information that can vary in its storage media and in the characteristics of its entries and items.
1967 N. S. M. Cox & M. W. Grose Organization Bibliogr. Rec. by Computer iv. 83 The Search area provides a means of querying the data base.
1972 Science 3 Nov. 472/1 The data base from which the volumes are compiled is maintained on magnetic tape and is updated weekly.
1985 Sunday Times 10 Mar. 80/3 CIR went through its data-base looking for companies interested in investing in new ideas in electronics.
1985 Ashmolean ix. 1/1 A museum and its records are one vast database.
1996 F. Popcorn & L. Marigold Clicking ii. 58 Display screens will be hitched to a central database holding untold thousands of works of art.
2002 Guardian (Nexis) 3 Oct. (Online section) 4 The Google API allows anyone to write programs and create web pages that search Google's database.
2009 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 30 Apr. a25/1 Mr. Marcia rushed the rape kit to the crime lab... It produced..a match in a database of the DNA of previous offenders.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.Recorded earliest in database system n. at Compounds 2.
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1962 Techn. Memorandum (System Development Corp., Calif.) tm- wd-16/007/00. i. 5 It is necessary to define the characteristics of a data base to the Data Base System so that when instructed to manipulate data, the system can recognize the format and positioning of item information in the entries.
1967 N. S. M. Cox & M. W. Grose Organization Bibliogr. Rec. by Computer iv. 93 There is a Restructure program which realigns and copies the data base files.
1986 Personal Computer World Nov. 58/1 (advt.) When you have created your first database applications, the database browser..allows you to retrieve the information quickly.
1996 Byte Oct. 134/3 They typically use templatized HTML forms containing triggers that read or write database fields.
2008 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 22 Nov. 27 The award-winning Diabetes UK site..has a database entry for every user.
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database management n. the management of the storage, retrieval, and manipulation of data in a database; frequently attributive.
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database system1962
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1964 Proc. Symp. Devel. & Managem. Computer-centered Data Base Economic Considerations Relevant to Data Base Management, V. LaBolle (work session).
1987 InfoWorld 24 Aug. 49/1 Paradox is a Lotus-style menu-driven database management program that is extraordinarily easy to learn.
2001 J. M. Taylor in R. Catlow & S. Greenfield Cosmic Rays 170 We are starting to talk about data curation, not just database management.
database management system n. a software package for performing database management; abbreviated DBMS.
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society > computing and information technology > software > [noun] > applications program > database
database management system1966
database manager1967
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society > computing and information technology > data > database > [noun] > management of
database system1962
database management1964
database management system1966
database manager1967
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1966 Proc. ACM National Meeting 97/1 The objective of this paper is to describe an application program that is being developed for use as a data base management system.
1987 InfoWorld 26 Jan. 23/1 Altos also announced the popular Oracle database management system for the 3068.
2007 E. Quigley & M. Gargenta PHP & MySQL by Example i. 7 The data must be stored in an organized and structured way... This is handled by a database management system such as MySQL.
database manager n. (a) a person responsible for the administration of a database; (b) = database management system n.
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society > computing and information technology > software > [noun] > applications program > database
database management system1966
database manager1967
DBMS1971
society > computing and information technology > data > database > [noun] > management of
database system1962
database management1964
database management system1966
database manager1967
DBMS1971
1967 Proc. AFIPS Conf. 30 193/1 These tallies help to show the usage relationships between data items and aid the data base manager when he restructures data for more efficient processing.
1971 Computer 4 38/1 The manipulation of data within a database is accomplished via service requests (calls) to the Database Manager.
1984 Which Micro? Dec. 20/2 The four programs..consist of a wordprocessor, a spreadsheet, a data base manager and a business graphics designer.
1999 Network World 5 Apr. 50/1 Pam Kerensky, online database manager.
2010 G. Bennett et al. Objective-C for Absolute Beginners xiii. 240 It is not surprising for a database manager to handle databases as large as 500GB.
database system n. a database and associated database management system considered collectively; a database management system.
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society > computing and information technology > data > database > [noun] > management of
database system1962
database management1964
database management system1966
database manager1967
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1962Data Base System [see Compounds 1].
1989 CIO June 32/2 The heart of Howard's operation is a five-year-old, homegrown database system.
2002 J. Hunt Java & Object Orientation (ed. 2) xxxiii. 371 If you were to write a program that was designed to interface with one database system, it is unlikely that it would automatically work with another.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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