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2 definitions found From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: database n : an organized body of related information From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: database 1.One or more large structured sets of persistent data, usually associated with software to update and {query} the data. A simple database might be a single file containing many {records}, each of which contains the same set of {fields} where each field is a certain fixed width. A database is one component of a {database management system}. See also {ANSI/SPARC Architecture}, {atomic}, {blob}, {data definition language}, {deductive database}, {distributed database}, {fourth generation language}, {functional database}, {object-oriented database}, {relational database}. {(http://www.bus.orst.edu/faculty/brownc/lectures/db_tutor/db_tutor.htm)}. 2. A collection of {nodes} managed and stored in one place and all accessible via the same {server}. {Links} outside this are "external", and those inside are "internal". On the {World-Wide Web} this is called a {web site}. 3. All the facts and rules comprising a {logic programming} program. (1997-03-04)
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