databank

See also: data bank

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

data +‎ bank

Noun

databank (plural databanks)

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

Translations
database — see database
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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English databank. Equivalent to data +‎ bank (“bank, supply”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdaːtaːˌbɑŋk/
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  • Hyphenation: da‧ta‧bank

Noun

databank f (plural databanken, diminutive databankje n)

  1. database, databank (collection of computer-organised information)
  2. databank (organization)
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