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database

/ˈdeɪtəbeɪs/noun

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डेटाबेस, आँकड़ा-कोश

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noun
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    an organized set of data that is stored in a computer and can be looked at and used in various ways

    डेटाबेस, आँकड़ा-कोश

    • a database of PYQs
    • The librarian updated the database so that students could search for books quickly.
    • The hospital keeps patient records in a secure database.
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    • Radhika searched the database for old question papers.
    • The company built a database of customers' addresses.

    Synonyms data bank records archive index catalogue

§Structures (grammar patterns) 4

database (countable noun)

A database is a stored collection of organised data, and the plural is databases.

Database व्यवस्थित डेटा का संग्रह है और इसका बहुवचन databases है।

  • The bank keeps a database of all its customers.
  • The school has a database of past students.

in / on a database

Say in a database for the data inside it; on a database is rare except for software work.

डेटा के लिए 'in a database' आता है; 'on a database' केवल सॉफ़्टवेयर के काम में कभी-कभी चलता है।

  • Your marks are saved in the database.
  • He searched for her name in the database.

database + of / on + topic

Use of or on to name what the database contains.

Database में क्या है, यह बताने के लिए of या on आता है।

  • The government built a database of all voters.
  • A database on rainfall helps farmers.

verb + database

Common verbs are update, search, access, create and back up a database.

Database के साथ आम verbs update, search, access, create और back up हैं।

  • Staff must update the database every Monday.
  • Only the officer can access the database.
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adjective + database

centralonlinenationalsecurehuge

  • India has a national database of land records.

verb + database

updatesearchcreateaccessdelete from

  • The clerk searched the database for the missing file.

database + noun

managementadministratorsystemsoftwareentry

  • She works as a database administrator in Pune.

database + of + noun

customersstudentsvoterspatientsbooks

  • The library keeps a database of its books.
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  • The hospital stores patient records in a secure database.

अस्पताल मरीज़ों के रिकॉर्ड एक सुरक्षित database में रखता है।

  • Radhika learned to build a database during her college course.

राधिका ने अपने कॉलेज के पाठ्यक्रम में database बनाना सीखा।

  • The police checked the suspect against a fingerprint database.

पुलिस ने संदिग्ध का मिलान उँगलियों के निशानों के database से किया।

  • A database makes it easy to find any word in seconds.

Database की सहायता से किसी भी शब्द को सेकंडों में ढूँढना आसान हो जाता है।

  • The railway runs a huge database of ticket bookings.

रेलवे टिकट बुकिंग का एक विशाल database चलाता है।

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✗ The data are stored in the database since last year.

✓ The data have been stored in the database since last year.

Since with a period still continuing needs the present perfect, not the simple present.

Since के साथ अब तक चल रही अवधि के लिए present perfect आता है, simple present नहीं।

✗ Please send me the database's informations.

✓ Please send me the information in the database.

Information is uncountable and has no plural form.

'Information' अगणनीय है और इसका बहुवचन नहीं बनता।

≠Thesaurus: which synonym when

These nouns all name stored information, but they differ in structure and scale.

ये nouns संग्रहीत जानकारी के नाम हैं, पर संरचना और पैमाने में अंतर है।

database

Organised data stored in a computer so that it can be searched and used.

कंप्यूटर में व्यवस्थित रूप से रखा डेटा, जिसे खोजा और प्रयोग किया जा सके।

  • The database holds all marks.

file

A single stored document or record.

संग्रहीत एक दस्तावेज़ या रिकॉर्ड।

  • Open the file.

archive

A collection of old records kept for long-term storage.

दीर्घकालिक संग्रह के लिए रखे गए पुराने रिकॉर्ड।

  • The archive holds old newspapers.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling

da·ta·base

§Grammar and usage

Data is plural of datum, but data is often used with a singular verb in modern English ('The data is ready').

Data, datum का plural है, पर आधुनिक English में data प्रायः singular verb के साथ आता है ('The data is ready')।

✓In the exam

General knowledge

Computer GK: a database management system (DBMS) organizes data (examples: MySQL, Oracle); SQL (Structured Query Language) is used to manage databases; data in a table is arranged in rows (records) and columns (fields); a primary key identifies each record uniquely.

Computer GK में DBMS (database management system) डेटा व्यवस्थित करता है (उदाहरण: MySQL, Oracle); SQL (Structured Query Language) डेटाबेस प्रबंधन के लिए प्रयुक्त होती है; तालिका में डेटा पंक्तियों (records) और स्तंभों (fields) में होता है; primary key हर record की अद्वितीय पहचान करती है।