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databank en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈdeɪ̯.tə.bæŋk/
  • /ˈdɑː.tə-/
  • dä′tə-
  • dā′tə-băngk
  • dăt′ə-
  • /ˈdæt.ə-/

Etymology

From data + bank.

Meanings

  1. A database (collection of organized information in a regular structure).
    • The FBI, in cooperation with states' crime laboratories, has established its own databank called Combined DNA Index System (CODIS). 1997, Paul G. Stimson, Curtis A. Mertz, Forensic dentistry, →ISBN, page 58:
  2. An organization dedicated to maintaining a database.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
databanks Number=Plur lexicographic
data bank alternative lexicographic

Translations (3)

fi tietopankki (organization maintaining a database) · pl bank danych (organization maintaining a database) · nl databank (organization maintaining a database)