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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repository \Re*pos"i*to*ry\ (r?*p?z"?*t$*r?), n. [L.
repositorium repostorium: cf OF repositoire.]
A place where things are or may be reposited, or laid up for
safety or preservation; a depository. --Locke.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
repository
n 1: a place where things can be deposited for safekeeping [syn:
{depository}, {deposit}]
2: a person to whom a secret is entrusted [syn: {secretary}]
3: a burial vault (usually for some famous person) [syn: {monument}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
repository
1. See {data dictionary}.
2. The core of a {CASE} tool, typically a {DBMS}
where all development documents are stored.
(1999-04-27)
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