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database

[dey-tuh-beys] / ˈdeɪ təˌbeɪs /
NOUN
collection of data
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Today, IBM’s reach spans database systems, app developer tools, and other multimodal computing environments that process and analyze several different types of data.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Andrew Carle, a consultant who runs UniversityRetirementCommunities.com, a database of college retirement communities, notes that colleges have lost 3 million traditional students in the last decade.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

Bento is a co-author of a pre-print paper analyzing the recent drive in cases across the country, analyzing a database of 45 states encompassing over 50,000 schools in 3,000 counties.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

The cloud-computing and database company began cutting jobs on Tuesday, with many workers being alerted over email.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

“The size of their database on Halliday is unreal. His whole life is in there. They’ve collected interviews with everyone Halliday ever knew. It could take months to read through them all.”

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline




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