Technology / B1

DAYT-uh-bays/ˈdeɪtəbeɪs/

A database is an organised computer store of records you can search: a student database; update the database. Data is the information inside it. Spreadsheet is everyday for a simple table. Do not call a paper filing cabinet a database. Work and exams: the results database was down.

Meaning

An organised computer store of information that you can search.

Examples

• “Staff could not log exam marks because the database was down.”
• “Search the jobs database by postcode, not by keyword only.”

Good to know

a student / results database; update / search a database. Contents: data. Simple table: a spreadsheet. Not a paper cabinet. IT outages in schools.

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