database

da-ta-base · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A structured collection of data stored and accessed electronically.

  2. 2.

    A software system used to manage such collections of data.

  3. 3.

    To enter information into a database.

Forms

plural: databases

Related words

See also: data, server, software
Synonyms: data store, databank, repository

Etymology

A compound of data (from Latin datum, meaning "something given") + base (from Greek basis, meaning "foundation"). First used in the 1960s with the development of computer systems.