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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Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 15 Jan. 2025
How To Prevent Sleep Apnea A Link Between Cheese and Sleep Apnea
To examine the relationship between cheese consumption and sleep apnea risk, researchers analyzed data on 400,000 people enrolled in two large research databases: the UK Biobank in Britain and the FinnGen Biobank in Finland.
—Sarah Garone, Health, 15 Jan. 2025
According to Cleaning the Glass, an advanced analytics database that omits stats compiled in garbage time, Valančiūnas also ranks among the league’s most efficient big men in defensive-rebounding percentage, offensive-rebounding percentage and assist percentage.
—David Aldridge, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
In 2024, three panthers were killed on Immokalee Road, including a 10-year-old panther found less than half a mile from where the most recent juvenile male was discovered, the database shows.
—Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 13 Jan. 2025
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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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