different between directory vs database
directory
English
Etymology
From Middle English directorie, from Medieval Latin directorium.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d????kt??i/, /da????kt??i/
Noun
directory (plural directories)
- A list of names, addresses etc, of specific classes of people or organizations, often in alphabetical order or in some classification.
- (computing) A structured listing of the names and characteristics of the files on a storage device.
- (computing) A virtual container in a computer's file system, in which files and other directories may be stored. The files and subdirectories in a directory are usually related.
Synonyms
- (structured listing): folder
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
directory (not comparable)
- Containing directions; instructing; directorial.
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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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