English

Alternative forms

• data bank

Noun

databank ‎(plural databanks)

1. A database (collection of organized information in a regular structure)
   • 1997, Paul G. Stimson, Curtis A. Mertz, Forensic dentistry, ISBN 9780849381034, page 58:

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

2. An organization dedicated to maintaining a database.

Translations

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaːtabɑŋk/
• Hyphenation: da‧ta‧bank

Etymology

data +‎ bank ‎(“bank, supply”)

Noun

databank f ‎(plural databanken, diminutive databankje n)

1. database (collection of computer-organised information)
2. databank (organization)