database
noun
da·ta·base
ˈdā-tə-ˌbās 
ˈda-,
also ˈdä-
computers
: a usually large collection of data organized especially for rapid search and retrieval (as by a computer)
an online database
database
transitive verb
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All of our customers' information was kept in a database.
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Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
By consolidating information into a database that can handle any type of data with speed, scale and simplicity, companies can combine AI’s analytical power with human intuition to make better, faster decisions.
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The article investigated that a database that has powered AI-training data sets for companies like Apple, Anthropic, Meta, Nvidia, Salesforce, Bloomberg, and more had comprised over 53,000 movies and 85,000 TV episodes.
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His compensation from Goldman Sachs cost him $128,000 in Medicare tax one year, according to ProPublica’s IRS database.
—Paul Kiel, ProPublica, 11 Dec. 2024
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Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
By consolidating information into a database that can handle any type of data with speed, scale and simplicity, companies can combine AI’s analytical power with human intuition to make better, faster decisions.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
The article investigated that a database that has powered AI-training data sets for companies like Apple, Anthropic, Meta, Nvidia, Salesforce, Bloomberg, and more had comprised over 53,000 movies and 85,000 TV episodes.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 12 Dec. 2024
His compensation from Goldman Sachs cost him $128,000 in Medicare tax one year, according to ProPublica’s IRS database.
—Paul Kiel, ProPublica, 11 Dec. 2024
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database
noun
da·ta·base
ˈdāt-ə-ˌbās
ˈdat-,
also ˈdät-
: a collection of data that is organized especially to be used by a computer
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