Usually means: Organized collection of structured information.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. databases: Merriam-Webster
  2. databases: Collins English Dictionary
  3. databases: Vocabulary.com
  4. Database's, Databases, database's, databases: Wordnik
  5. databases: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. databases: Wiktionary
  7. databases: Dictionary.com
  8. Databases: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. databases: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. databases: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. databases: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. databases: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (database)

noun:  (general) A collection of (usually) organized information in a regular structure, usually but not necessarily in a machine-readable format accessible by a computer.
noun:  (computing) A set of tables and other objects (queries, reports, forms) in the form of a structured data set.
noun:  (computing, loosely, metonymically) A software program (application) for storing, retrieving and manipulating such a structured data set.
noun:  (computing, loosely, metonymically) A combination of such data sets and the programs for using them.
verb:  To enter data into a database.
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