: a usually large collection of data organized especially for rapid search and retrieval (as by a computer)
an online database
databasetransitive verb
Example Sentences
All of our customers' information was kept in a database.
Recent Examples on the WebSecurity researcher Anurag Sen alerted TechCrunch to the unprotected database, which also exposed names, ages, and resident ID numbers in face data.WIRED, 5 Sep. 2022 Treadaway also said that a new database, administered by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, will be up and running by October.al, 5 Sep. 2022 Investigators can enter a crime scene’s coordinates into the database, which brings back search results showing a device’s Fog ID, which is based on its unique ad ID number. Garance Burke, Jason Dearen, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Sep. 2022 Investigators can enter a crime scene’s coordinates into the database, which brings back search results showing a device’s Fog ID, which is based on its unique ad ID number. Garance Burke And Jason Dearen, oregonlive, 1 Sep. 2022 According to figures from the Knight Commission’s financial database, West Virginia’s athletic budget went from $56.6 million in 2010 to $73.5 million in 2013. Matt Murschel, Orlando Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2022 Chinese financiers and African governments signed over 1,180 loan commitments worth $160 billion between 2000 and 2020, the China Africa Research Initiative’s (CARI) database shows, two-thirds being for transport, power, and mining projects. Alexander Onukwue, Quartz, 23 Aug. 2022 What used to be a good safety measure might be a ploy to create a name acquisition database, which in turn might be the real purpose behind Trump’s social media app. John Brandon, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022 Ukraine submits requests through a secure, classified database.New York Times, 27 July 2022 See More