databasenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdeɪ.tə.beɪs/us/ˈdeɪ.t̬ə.beɪs/B2 a large amount of information stored in a computer system in such a way that it can be easily looked at or changed:
We're linked to the online database at our head office.
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- You have to enter a password to access the database.
- We'll flag the records of interest in the database and then we can give you a print-out.
- I need to import data from the database into my word processor.
- Great trouble is taken to keep our database up-to-date.
- Tape recordings of conversations are transcribed by typists and entered into the database.
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- what you see is what you get idiom
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