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database
English
Alternative forms
- (older) data base, data-base
Etymology
data +? base
Pronunciation
- (UK, Ireland, General New Zealand, General Australian, US) IPA(key): /?de?t??be?s/
- (US) IPA(key): /?dæt??be?s/
- (Ireland) IPA(key): /?dæ?t??be?s/
- (UK, General New Zealand, General Australian, General South African) IPA(key): /?d??t??be?s/
Noun
database (plural databases)
- (general) A collection of (usually) organized information in a regular structure, usually but not necessarily in a machine-readable format accessible by a computer.
- (computing) A set of tables in a database(1).
- (computing) A software program for storing, retrieving and manipulating a database(1).
- (computing) A combination of (1) and (2).
Abbreviations
- (computer software): DB
Synonyms
- (collection of organized information): databank
- (computer software): database management system
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Danish: database
- ? Dutch: database
- ? Hindi: ??????? (?e??bes)
- ? Norwegian Bokmål: database
- ? Norwegian Nynorsk: database
Translations
Verb
database (third-person singular simple present databases, present participle databasing, simple past and past participle databased)
- To enter data into a database.
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English database.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /da?taba?s?/, [?d?æ?t?a?b?æ?s?], [?d?æ?t?a?b?æ?s?]
Noun
database c (singular definite databasen, plural indefinite databaser)
- database [from 1970]
Inflection
Further reading
- database on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English database.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?da?.ta??be?s/
- Hyphenation: da?ta?base
Noun
database f (plural databases, diminutive databaseje n)
- database
Synonyms
- databank
French
Noun
database f (plural databases)
- (dated) database
Synonyms
- base de données
Interlingua
Noun
database (plural databases)
- database
Italian
Noun
database m (invariable)
- database
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From data +? base
Noun
database m (definite singular databasen, indefinite plural databaser, definite plural databasene)
- (computing) a database
References
- “database” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From data +? base
Noun
database m (definite singular databasen, indefinite plural databasar, definite plural databasane)
- (computing) a database
References
- “database” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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software
English
Etymology
From soft +? -ware, by contrast with hardware (“the computer itself”). Coined by Paul Niquette in 1953; first used in print by Richard Carhart in 1953.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?s?ft?w??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?s?ft?w??/
- (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /?s?ft?w??/
- Homophone: softwear
- Hyphenation: soft?ware
Noun
software (uncountable)
- (computing) Encoded computer instructions, usually modifiable (unless stored in some form of unalterable memory such as ROM).
- 1958, John W. Tukey, "The Teaching of Concrete Mathematics" in The American Mathematical Monthly, vol. 65, no. 1 (Jan. 1958), pp 1-9:
- The "software" comprising the carefully planned interpretive routines, compilers, and other aspects of automative programming are at least as important to the modern electronic calculator as its "hardware" of tubes, transistors, wires, tapes and the like.
- Hyponyms: application software, data-oriented software, kitchen table software, on-premises software, malware, schlockware, shareware, shovelware, spyware, system software
- 1958, John W. Tukey, "The Teaching of Concrete Mathematics" in The American Mathematical Monthly, vol. 65, no. 1 (Jan. 1958), pp 1-9:
- (military) The human beings involved in warfare, as opposed to hardware such as weapons and vehicles.
- 1991, New York Magazine (volume 24, number 5, page 33)
- […] preview of horrific images to come, as the hardware stage of the war yields to the software — or human — stage.
- 1991, New York Magazine (volume 24, number 5, page 33)
Usage notes
Software is a mass noun (some software, a piece of software). By non-native speakers it is sometimes erroneously treated as a countable noun (a software, some softwares).
Hyponyms
- See also Thesaurus:software
- embedded software
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- ? Amharic: ????? (soft?wer)
Translations
See also
References
Further reading
- software on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- forwaste, softwear
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from English software.
Noun
software m
- (computing) software
- Synonyms: programové vybavení, (rare) programové prost?edky
Declension
Derived terms
See also
- hardware
Further reading
- software on the Czech Wikipedia.Wikipedia cs
Dutch
Etymology
From English software.
Pronunciation
Noun
software m (uncountable)
- software (encoded computer instructions)
- Synonym: programmatuur
Derived terms
- gijzelsoftware
Related terms
- hardware
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English software.
Noun
software m (invariable)
- (computing) software (encoded computer instructions)
Related terms
- hardware
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from English software.
Noun
software m (uncountable)
- (Jersey, computing) software (encoded computer instructions)
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English software.
Noun
software m (plural softwares)
- (computing) software (encoded computer instructions)
Related terms
- hardware
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from English software.
Noun
software n (plural (rare) software-uri)
- (computing) software (encoded computer instructions)
Declension
Synonyms
- soft
Related terms
- hardware
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English software.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?softwe?/, [?sof.t?we?]
- IPA(key): /?sofwe?/, [?so.fwe?]
Noun
software m (plural softwares)
- (computing) software (encoded computer instructions)
- Synonym: programa
Derived terms
See also
- hardware
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