Meaning | (computer science) a database that can be accessed by computers. |
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Synonyms | electronic database, computer database, electronic information service |
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Category | computer science, computing | The branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures |
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Narrower | lexical database | A database of information about words |
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object-oriented database | A database in which the operations carried out on information items (data objects) are considered part of their definition |
relational database | A database in which relations between information items are explicitly specified as accessible attributes |
Broader | database | An organized body of related information |
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Spanish | base de datos electrónica |
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Catalan | base de dades electrònica |
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