databank

English

Alternative forms

• data bank

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^[1], ISBN 9780849381034, 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

organisation maintaining a database

• Dutch: databank (nl)

• Finnish: tietopankki (fi)

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• Latvian: duomenų bankas

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Dutch

Wikipedia ^nl

Pronunciation

IPA: /'da:tabɑŋk/

Etymology

data +‎ bank (“bank, supply”)

Noun

databank f (plural databanken, diminutive databankje)

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