Database
noun
A system that organizes and stores a lot of information in a way you can find and use easily.
The company has a unique customer database where all customer interactions are recorded.
Often appears as...
- customer database
- create a database
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Technical
noun
A system that organizes and stores a lot of information in a way you can find and use easily.
The company has a unique customer database where all customer interactions are recorded.
Often appears as...
- customer database
- create a database
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Technical Term
Used mainly in professional or educational settings related to technology and information management.
She's studying how to manage a database in her IT course.
Pro Tip 2/3Widespread Use
Commonly referenced in businesses, also for personal use like contact or media collections.
I'm organizing my recipes into a personal database.
Pro Tip 3/3Digital Resource
Implies a collection of digital information, not physical files or paper records.
Our database can hold millions of digital book records.
Pro Tip 1/3Technical Term
Used mainly in professional or educational settings related to technology and information management.
She's studying how to manage a database in her IT course.
Pro Tip 2/3Widespread Use
Commonly referenced in businesses, also for personal use like contact or media collections.
I'm organizing my recipes into a personal database.
Pro Tip 3/3Digital Resource
Implies a collection of digital information, not physical files or paper records.
Our database can hold millions of digital book records.
Pro Tip 1/3Technical Term
Used mainly in professional or educational settings related to technology and information management.
She's studying how to manage a database in her IT course.
Pro Tip 2/3Widespread Use
Commonly referenced in businesses, also for personal use like contact or media collections.
I'm organizing my recipes into a personal database.
Pro Tip 3/3Digital Resource
Implies a collection of digital information, not physical files or paper records.
Our database can hold millions of digital book records.
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A Former FBI Agent...
text messages and not just read them but put them in a database for other agents across the intelligence community to read them all of that information and collectively cross-border so i think a lot of people are not aware of this what you're saying that is that at least some of our Constitution protections don't exist when we're in a border crossing or
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A robot that runs and...
And thanks to that, you really have an amazing machine to record all the bone motion in great detail. That's what we did. So we basically figured out which bones are important for us and collected their motion in 3D. And what we did is collect a whole database of motions, both on ground and in water, to really collect a whole database of motor behaviors
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Which country does the...
has grown to be a very, very large database. It's about 200 billion data points tracking what ordinary people think about other countries and why. Why did I do this? Well, because the governments that I advise are very, very keen on knowing how they are regarded. They've known, partly because I've encouraged them to realize it,
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A dream database PIPE...
self-organize and you have surreal information about our consciousness you know that voice in your head that lets you know you exist actually it lets you know that you're in this room right now your consciousness right there so we're proposing to create the largest dream database in the world and create a space
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How I hacked online...
I'm not looking for a pen pal. I'm looking for a husband. Right? So there's a certain amount of superficiality in that data. So I said fine, I've got a new plan. I'm going to keep using these online dating sites, but I'm going to treat them as databases, and rather than waiting for an algorithm to set me up,
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Hans Rosling: Debunking...
and in universities and other nongovernmental organizations. Because the data is hidden down in the databases. And the public is there, and the internet is there, but we have still not used it effectively. All that information we saw changing in the world does not include publicly funded statistics.
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How the blockchain is...
who have a room to rent. And when someone wants to rent a room, they go onto the blockchain database and all the criteria, they sift through, it helps them find the right room, and then the blockchain helps with the contracting, it identifies the party, it handles the payments
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The best stats you've...
down in the databases and the public is there and the internet is there but we have still not used it effectively all that information was so changing in the world does not include publicly funded statistics there are some webpages like this you know but they take some
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The best stats you've...
another non-governmental organization because the data is hidden down in the databases and the public is there and the internet is there but we have still not used it effectively all that information was so changing in the world does not include publicly funded
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How the blockchain will...
It's a shared database, and even though it has multiple readers and multiple writers at the same time, it has one single truth. So we can create that using blockchains. We can create a decentralized database that has the same efficiency of a monopoly
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A Former FBI Agent...
text messages and not just read them but put them in a database for other agents across the intelligence community to read them all of that information and collectively cross-border so i think a lot of people are not aware of this what you're saying that is that at least some of our Constitution protections don't exist when we're in a border crossing or
Video examples
A robot that runs and...
And thanks to that, you really have an amazing machine to record all the bone motion in great detail. That's what we did. So we basically figured out which bones are important for us and collected their motion in 3D. And what we did is collect a whole database of motions, both on ground and in water, to really collect a whole database of motor behaviors
Video examples
Which country does the...
has grown to be a very, very large database. It's about 200 billion data points tracking what ordinary people think about other countries and why. Why did I do this? Well, because the governments that I advise are very, very keen on knowing how they are regarded. They've known, partly because I've encouraged them to realize it,
Video examples
A dream database PIPE...
self-organize and you have surreal information about our consciousness you know that voice in your head that lets you know you exist actually it lets you know that you're in this room right now your consciousness right there so we're proposing to create the largest dream database in the world and create a space
Video examples
How I hacked online...
I'm not looking for a pen pal. I'm looking for a husband. Right? So there's a certain amount of superficiality in that data. So I said fine, I've got a new plan. I'm going to keep using these online dating sites, but I'm going to treat them as databases, and rather than waiting for an algorithm to set me up,
Video examples
Hans Rosling: Debunking...
and in universities and other nongovernmental organizations. Because the data is hidden down in the databases. And the public is there, and the internet is there, but we have still not used it effectively. All that information we saw changing in the world does not include publicly funded statistics.
Video examples
How the blockchain is...
who have a room to rent. And when someone wants to rent a room, they go onto the blockchain database and all the criteria, they sift through, it helps them find the right room, and then the blockchain helps with the contracting, it identifies the party, it handles the payments
Video examples
The best stats you've...
down in the databases and the public is there and the internet is there but we have still not used it effectively all that information was so changing in the world does not include publicly funded statistics there are some webpages like this you know but they take some
Video examples
The best stats you've...
another non-governmental organization because the data is hidden down in the databases and the public is there and the internet is there but we have still not used it effectively all that information was so changing in the world does not include publicly funded
Video examples
How the blockchain will...
It's a shared database, and even though it has multiple readers and multiple writers at the same time, it has one single truth. So we can create that using blockchains. We can create a decentralized database that has the same efficiency of a monopoly
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Adrien Brody
American Actor
You go to a theater, you're in a darkened room, and you watch someone that you don't really know how many children they have or what their father's nickname might be; you don't have references and databases and rumors and half-truths - you're just transported by their storytelling.
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Satya Nadella
American Businessman
There are always going to be people who are experts in security or end-user devices or collaboration or databases. That's not going to go away. But what's the reason all of these professions come together? To help the business transform itself.
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Valerie Plame
American Writer
I can tell you, all the intelligence services in the world were running my name through their databases to see did anyone by this name come in the country? When? Do we know anything about it? Where did she stay? Who did she see?
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Stephen Cambone
American Politician
That is really not much different from the search engines that are being constructed today for users throughout the entire world to allow them to search through databases to access the information that they require.
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Victor Koo
Chinese Businessman
YouKu' means what's best and what's cool in Chinese. So, the whole product philosophy really revolves around how to help users, from a massive video database, finds what's best and what's cool.
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Mithila Palkar
Indian Actress
It is immensely motivating to be given so much love and appreciation on IMDb, which is the biggest database for movies and celebrities in the world.
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Roy Cooper
American Politician
Background checks are an important part of keeping guns out of the wrong hands, but they are only as good as the information in the database.
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John Kennedy
American Lawyer
The NICS database has holes big enough to drive a Mack truck through.
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Jan Koum
American Businessman
We're not advertisement-driven, so we don't need personal databases.
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El-P
American Musician
I literally have a massive database of cat sounds.
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Adrien Brody
American Actor
You go to a theater, you're in a darkened room, and you watch someone that you don't really know how many children they have or what their father's nickname might be; you don't have references and databases and rumors and half-truths - you're just transported by their storytelling.
Quote examples
Satya Nadella
American Businessman
There are always going to be people who are experts in security or end-user devices or collaboration or databases. That's not going to go away. But what's the reason all of these professions come together? To help the business transform itself.
Quote examples
Valerie Plame
American Writer
I can tell you, all the intelligence services in the world were running my name through their databases to see did anyone by this name come in the country? When? Do we know anything about it? Where did she stay? Who did she see?
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Stephen Cambone
American Politician
That is really not much different from the search engines that are being constructed today for users throughout the entire world to allow them to search through databases to access the information that they require.
Quote examples
Victor Koo
Chinese Businessman
YouKu' means what's best and what's cool in Chinese. So, the whole product philosophy really revolves around how to help users, from a massive video database, finds what's best and what's cool.
Quote examples
Mithila Palkar
Indian Actress
It is immensely motivating to be given so much love and appreciation on IMDb, which is the biggest database for movies and celebrities in the world.
Quote examples
Roy Cooper
American Politician
Background checks are an important part of keeping guns out of the wrong hands, but they are only as good as the information in the database.
Quote examples
John Kennedy
American Lawyer
The NICS database has holes big enough to drive a Mack truck through.
Quote examples
Jan Koum
American Businessman
We're not advertisement-driven, so we don't need personal databases.
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El-P
American Musician
I literally have a massive database of cat sounds.
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