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databank

Syllables: da·ta·bank/ˈdeɪ̯.tə.bæŋk/

databank noun: a database (collection of organized information in a regular structure).

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 databank

pluraldatabanks
alternative formdata bank

Origin of databank

From data + bank.

Questions about databank

What does databank mean?
Databank means a database (collection of organized information in a regular structure).
What part of speech is databank?
Databank is a noun.
How do you pronounce databank?
Databank is pronounced /ˈdeɪ̯.tə.bæŋk/.
What is the plural of databank?
The plural of databank is databanks.

Words near databank in the dictionary

  1. data-points
  2. data-processing
  3. data-structured coupling
  4. databack
  5. databacks
  6. databank
  7. databanks
  8. database
  9. database administrator
  10. database administrators
  11. database analyst

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