databank

See also: data bank

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, 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
• Polish: bank danych m

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• Latvian: ^{(please verify)} duomenų bankas

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaːtaːˌbɑŋk/

• Audio

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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)