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database

[day-tuh-bays] / ˈdeɪ təˌbeɪs /
NOUN
collection of data
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The US National Security Agency said that the vulnerabilities identified, "often provide a direct path to the server's file system or database".

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Gross trained Idealab.ai on a huge database of journalistic and professional articles, with an eye toward finding problem statements and then proposing business ideas to solve them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

It is, admittedly, easier to stage a photo opportunity around a basket of fries than a database of food-traceability records.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026

They are collecting samples from the 230,000 unidentified graves as well as conducting DNA analysis on 18,000 samples of remains and setting up a genetic database of their next of kin.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

Know thine enemy was Artemis’s motto, so he immersed himself in the lore of the People until he had compiled a huge database on their characteristics.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

It was not immediately clear from Fresno law enforcement databases whether he has an attorney.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

Open-weight models are also touted as more secure, a growing concern after several incidents of AI agents going rogue by hacking databases or otherwise doing things they were not supposed to do.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Together, these measurements created one of the most extensive databases on atherosclerosis assembled to date.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

All the more reason to pour cold water on outrageous claims about flagging little enzymes in huge databases.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026

Since the late 1980s, people had been putting up databases with Internet access.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman


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