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DB en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of dead body.
    alt of dead body
    • With an extra-long weekend before Christmas and New Year's Day coming up, the police of motorized, subwayless Los Angeles had learned by experience to expect plenty of wrecked cars and DBs (dead bodies) on their hands. 1952, LIFE, volume 32, number 1, page 20:
  2. (Canadian, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of defensive back.
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of database.
    alt of database
  4. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of depot brigade.
  5. (UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, qualifier:pensions) Initialism of defined benefits.
  6. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of delayed broadcast.
  7. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of dirty book: a pornographic publication.
    alt of dirty book
  8. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of diplomatic bag.
  9. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of dot ball.
    alt of dot ball
  10. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, qualifier:rhythmic gymnastics) Initialism of difficulty of body.

Forms

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Deriveds

ODBC · DBMS · RDBMS · OODBMS · ORDBMS · DDBMS

Translations (1)

pt BD (initialism of database)

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DB en · PROPN

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Deutsche Bahn (German Railways). Previously used by its predecessor, Deutsche Bundesbahn.
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, in place name histories, initialism) Initialism of Domesday Book.
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, qualifier:classics) Abbreviation of Inscription of Darius at Bisutun.
  4. (abbreviation, alt-of, slang) Abbreviation of Dragon Ball.
  5. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Deutsche Bank.
    • Pan Gongsheng, governor of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) and head of the country’s foreign exchange regulator, chaired a symposium with representatives from foreign companies, including JP Morgan, Tesla (TSLA), HSBC (HSBC), Deutsche Bank (DB), BNP Paribas, Japan’s MUFG Bank, German chemical producer BASF, commodities trader Trafigura and Schneider Electric, according to a statement posted on the websites of the PBOC and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE). 2023 September 19, Laura He, “China woos Tesla, JP Morgan and other Western companies as foreign investment slumps”, in CNN Business: