Database definition

A large collection of data in a computer, organized so that it can be expanded, updated, and retrieved rapidly for various uses.

A collection of data arranged for ease and speed of search and retrieval.

A collection of data arranged for ease and speed of search and retrieval by a computer.

The definition of a database is a large amount of information gathered and organized together in a computer.

Any large or extensive collection of information.

To put (data) into a database.

A file comprising a collection of related information organized in a manner that enables operations such as searching and sorting the data.

A collection of information organized in a way that a software program can rapidly find wanted pieces of data—an electronic filing system. Databases are organized by fields (defined as one information piece), records (defined as a complete set of fields), and files or tables (defined as a collection of records). A database is analogous to a telephone book. It is a large electronic file containing a list of records each having three fields: name of telephone owner, address of telephone owner, and telephone number of telephone owner. An alternative concept in database design is called hypertext—a database in which any object (such as a picture or a file) can be linked to any other object, thus serving as a useful means of organizing vast amounts of unrelated information. In recent years, information systems experts have discussed database management systems (DBMS), a collection of programs allowing users to not only enter information located in a database but to select particular information of interest. Thus, increasingly, the term database has come to stand for DBMS. Jupitermedia Corporation database. [Online, June 27, 2003.] Jupitermedia Corporation Website. http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/D/database.html.

(computing) A software program for storing, retrieving and manipulating a database(1).

(computing) A combination of (1) and (2).