different between database vs viewdata

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)

1. (general) A collection of (usually) organized information in a regular structure, usually but not necessarily in a machine-readable format accessible by a computer.

2. (computing) A set of tables in a database(1).

3. (computing) A software program for storing, retrieving and manipulating a database(1).

4. (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)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. database

Synonyms

• databank

French

Noun

database f (plural databases)

1. (dated) database

Synonyms

• base de données

Interlingua

Noun

database (plural databases)

1. database

Italian

Noun

database m (invariable)

1. database

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From data +? base

Noun

database m (definite singular databasen, indefinite plural databaser, definite plural databasene)

1. (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)

1. (computing) a database

References

• “database” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Etymology

view +? data

Noun

viewdata (usually uncountable, plural viewdatas)

1. (often attributive) An information retrieval service of the 1970s and 1980s permitting subscribers to access a remote database and receive requested data on a video display.
   • 1980, InfoWorld (volume 2, number 1)

     Touch-tone teletext provides many of the services of viewdata and teletext at the low cost intended for teletext alone.

   • 1981, New Scientist

     The two European systems use an "alphamosaic" method of delivering data to a viewdata terminal screen.

See also

• videotex