databank

noun — 2 senses

databank

noun

/ˈdeɪ̯.tə.bæŋk/ · /ˈdæt.ə-/

Etymology From data + bank.

1

A database (collection of organized information in a regular structure).

  • The FBI, in cooperation with states' crime laboratories, has established its own databank called Combined DNA Index System (CODIS).1997, Paul G. Stimson, Curtis A. Mertz, Forensic dentistry, →ISBN, page 58:
2

An organization dedicated to maintaining a database.

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