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data bank

data bank is the alternative spelling of databank.

Meaning of databank

Noun

databank (plural databanks)

  1. A database (collection of organized information in a regular structure).
    • The FBI, in cooperation with states' crime laboratories, has established its own databank called Combined DNA Index System (CODIS).1997, Paul G. Stimson, Curtis A. Mertz, Forensic dentistry, →ISBN, page 58
  2. An organization dedicated to maintaining a database.

Forms of data bank

pluraldata banks

Questions about data bank

What is data bank the alternative spelling of?
Data bank is the alternative spelling of databank.

Words near data bank in the dictionary

  1. data
  2. data access object
  3. data access objects
  4. data acquisition
  5. data analysis
  6. data bank
  7. data banks
  8. data base
  9. data bases
  10. data binding
  11. data binning

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Adapted from Wiktionary: data bank (page history and authors); databank (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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