on-line database

Noun
  1. referred to in: computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
    is a type of: database - an organized body of related information
    subtypes:
    • relational database - a database in which relations between information items are explicitly specified as accessible attributes
    • object-oriented database - a database in which the operations carried out on information items (data objects) are considered part of their definition
    • lexical database - a database of information about words
    same as: computer database, electronic database, electronic information service

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