data base

noun

1. a comprehensive collection of related data organized for convenient access, generally in a computer.
2. data bank.

noun

1. a systematized collection of data that can be accessed immediately and manipulated by a data-processing system for a specific purpose
2. informal any large store of informationa database of knowledge

n.

also database, attested from 1962, from data + base (n.).

1. A collection of data arranged for ease and speed of search and retrieval by a computer.

A set of data grouped together in one location in (or accessible by) a computer. A computerized database has been likened to an electronic filing cabinet of information arranged for easy access or for a specific purpose.