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data-base

data-base is the dated form of database.

Meaning of database

Noun

database (plural databases)

  1. (broadly) 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 and other objects (queries, reports, forms) in the form of a structured data set.
    • The "books" database will have three tables, and the "customers" database will have two tables.
  3. (broadly, metonymically) A software program (application) for storing, retrieving and manipulating such a structured data set.
    • Which database do you use: MySQL or Oracle?
  4. (broadly, metonymically) A combination of such data sets and the programs for using them.

See all 5 meanings of database

Forms of data-base

pluraldata-bases

Questions about data-base

What is data-base the dated form of?
Data-base is the dated form of database.

Words near data-base in the dictionary

  1. data wipe
  2. data wipes
  3. data wrangler
  4. data wranglers
  5. data wrangling
  6. data-base
  7. data-bases
  8. data-bound
  9. data-driven
  10. data-driven programming
  11. data-mining

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Adapted from Wiktionary: data-base (page history and authors); database (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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