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databases

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noun

  1. (general) A collection of (usually) organized information in a regular structure, usually but not necessarily in a machine-readable format accessible by a computer.“I have a database of all my contacts in my personal organizer.”
  2. A set of tables in a database(1).“The "books" database will have three tables, and the "customers" database will have two tables.”
  3. A software program for storing, retrieving and manipulating a database(1).“Which database do you use: MySQL or Oracle?”
  4. A combination of (1) and (2).

verb

  1. To enter data into a database.

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