database

noun

organized collection of data

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪtəˌbeɪs/ / [ˈdeɪɾəˌbeɪs] / /ˈdætəˌbeɪs/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti Proto-Italic *didō Latin dō Latin datusnom. Latin datumbor. English data Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *gʷémtis Proto-Hellenic *gʷə́tis Ancient Greek βᾰ́σῐς (bắsĭs)bor. Latin basis Old French basebor. Middle English base English base English database From data + base.

A collection of (usually) organized information in a regular structure, usually but not necessarily in a machine-readable format accessible by a computer.
“I have a database of all my contacts in my personal organizer.”
A set of tables and other objects (queries, reports, forms) in the form of a structured data set.
“The "books" database will have three tables, and the "customers" database will have two tables.”
A software program (application) for storing, retrieving and manipulating such a structured data set.
“Which database do you use: MySQL or Oracle?”
A combination of such data sets and the programs for using them.

verb

To enter (data) into a database.
“The resulting citation collection was databased and coded for meaning, etymon, and date range (earliest and latest occurrence found).”