database

as in information
a collection of pieces of information that is organized and used on a computer All of our customers' information was kept in a database. an online database

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Recent Examples of database Another agent researches the customer request across systems, including initiating custom database queries to retrieve transactional information and checking for accuracy. Mihir Shukla, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025 Remove your personal data from data brokers’ databases: Either by searching for your name on people search sites and requesting removals, one by one, or by using a data removal service. Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 23 Jan. 2025 The names of 257 undercover officers were included in a public database, though their names have since been removed. Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 22 Jan. 2025 But because they have been used for longer as diabetes treatments, Al-Aly’s team studied the health records of more than two million people with diabetes in the Veterans Affairs database, some of whom were taking the GLP-1 medications and some who took other diabetes treatments. Alice Park, TIME, 21 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for database 

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“Database.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/database. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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