Databank

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A database (collection of organized information in a regular structure)

    "The FBI, in cooperation with states' crime laboratories, has established its own databank called Combined DNA Index System (CODIS)."

  2. 2
    An organization dedicated to maintaining a database.

Synonyms

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databasedatabase

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"The FBI, in cooperation with states' crime laboratories, has established its own databank called Combined DNA Index System (CODIS)."

Etymology

From data + bank.

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