Definition of Databases

1. Noun. (plural of database) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Databases

1. database [v] - See also: database

Medical Definition of Databases

1. Organised collections of computer records, standardised in format and content, that are stored in any of a variety of computer-readable modes. They are the basic sets of data from which computer-readable files are created. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Databases

databanks
database
database administrator
database administrators
database analyst
database analysts
database engine
database management
database management system
database management systems
database model
database publishing
database transaction
databased
databaselike
databases (current term)
databasing
datable
databook
databooks
databox
databoxes
databus
databuses
databusses
datacast
datacaster
datacasters
datacasting
datacasts

Literary usage of Databases

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Resources: The Role of the edited by Catharyn T. Liverman, Carrie E. Ingalls, Carolyn E. Fulco, Howard M. Kipen (1998)
"Cost The NLM databases are available under a number of different pricing structures. NLM makes its databases available online by connecting directly to the ..."

2. Microbial and Phenotypic Definition of Rats and Mice: Proceedings of the by National Research Council Staff, ebrary, Inc, National Research Council, International Committee, Commission on Life Sciences, National Academy of Sciences (1999)
"GENETIC databases Several databases are available that have information on ... The Jackson Laboratory web site (http://www.jax.org) has two databases that ..."

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