A database is a collection of data that is stored in a computer and that can easily be used and added to.
They maintain a database of hotels that cater for those travelling with pets.
database in British English
(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 in American English
(ˈdeɪtəˌbeɪs; ˈdætəˌbeɪs; British; also ˈdɑtəˌbeɪs)
noun
1.
a large collection of data in a computer, organized so that it can be expanded, updated, and retrieved rapidly for various uses
2.
any large or extensive collection of information
Also data base or ˈdataˌbank (ˈdeɪtəˌbæŋk; ˈdætəˌbæŋk; British; also ˈdɑtəˌbæŋk)
Examples of 'database' in a sentence
database
As soon as a room comes free we put it on the national refuge database.
The Sun (2016)
Under the new plan patients will have the chance to opt out of their records being collected, stored in a central database and shared with third parties.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
As we do spectrum matching and store the data in large SQL databases, that is extremely compute intensive output.
Computing (2010)
The DNA matched that of a gangster whose records were on a national criminal database, a police source said.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
The best key to getting useful information from databases?
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The information will be entered into a computer database accessible to zoos around the world.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The longer a database is maintained the more corrupt it becomes.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Association members will have access to an online database of known troublemakers.
The Sun (2010)
The voluntary scheme will provide a central database.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Photographs of shoppers would not be stored on its database.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He spoke of a massive database of information.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Millions of figures were crammed into a massive computer database.
The Sun (2010)
How much does the database cost to maintain?
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
An online database of how to do stuff.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The question could be asked at the same time and replies recorded on a central database.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The solution was to build a large database of pictures of people for the software to learn from.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Men were called forward for a screening process and their identity was verified against photographs on a computer database.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
An online database was wiped clean.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
We have the single largest retail database in India.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The video recognition system would link to a national police database that stores and transmits facial images of people and their criminal histories.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The service uses a database containing information on more than 200,000 schemes.
The Sun (2014)
To many evolutionary biologists, such a large database is one of the most useful tools.
Michael Boulter EXTINCTION: Evolution and the End of Man (2002)
A national database will be established by the autumn.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Most offences were committed before the national DNA database was set up.
The Sun (2006)
His DNA went on the national database.
The Sun (2008)
One of its mock-up presentations shows a police call centre with access to the One database system.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He maintained a computer database of his songs that numbered 8,500 recordings by more than 1,000 different performers.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Part of the problem identified is that local Conservative associations are understood to use different IT database systems.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
With the environment in mind, it has invested in a high-tech database system so projects can be managed online without the need for printing.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
In other languages
database
British English: database /ˈdeɪtəˌbeɪs/ NOUN
A database is a collection of data stored in a computer in a way that makes it easy to obtain.
It's a database of five-star hotels.
American English: database
Arabic: قَاعِدَة بَيَانَات
Brazilian Portuguese: banco de dados
Chinese: 数据库
Croatian: baza podataka
Czech: databáze
Danish: database
Dutch: database
European Spanish: base de datos
Finnish: tietokanta
French: base de données
German: Datenbank
Greek: βάση δεδομένων
Italian: database
Japanese: データベース
Korean: 데이터베이스
Norwegian: database
Polish: baza danych
European Portuguese: banco de dados
Romanian: bază de date
Russian: база данных
Latin American Spanish: base de datos
Swedish: databas
Thai: ฐานข้อมูล
Turkish: veri tabanı
Ukrainian: база даних
Vietnamese: cơ sở dữ liệu
All related terms of 'database'
object database
a database format in which information is shown in the form of objects
database manager
a person in charge of designing, maintaining, and controlling a database
database management
the maintenance of information stored in a computer system
relational database
an electronic database comprising multiple files of related information, usu. stored in tables of rows (records) and columns ( fields ), and allowing a link to be established between separate files that have a matching field, as a column of invoice numbers , so that the two files can be queried simultaneously by the user
database management system
a suite of computer programs that together provide the necessary functions for database management