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 Definitions for database: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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database \database\ n.
an organized body of related information.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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database
n : an organized body of related information
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
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database
1. One or more large structured sets of persistent
data, usually associated with software to update and query
the data. A simple database might be a single file containing
many records, each of which contains the same set of
fields where each field is a certain fixed width.
A database is one component of a database management system.
See also {ANSI/SPARC Architecture}, atomic, blob, {data
definition language}, deductive database, {distributed
database}, fourth generation language, {functional
database}, {object-oriented database}, relational database.
{Carol E. Brown's tutorial
(http://www2.bus.orst.edu/faculty/brownc/lectures/db_tutor/)}.
2. A collection of nodes managed and stored in
one place and all accessible via the same server. Links
outside this are "external", and those inside are "internal".
On the {World-Wide Web} this is called a web site.
3. All the facts and rules comprising a logic programming
program.
(2002-02-09)
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