computer database


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Noun1.computer database - (computer science) a database that can be accessed by computers
electronic database, electronic information service, on-line database
computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
database - an organized body of related information
relational database - a database in which relations between information items are explicitly specified as accessible attributes; "in a relational database the data are organized as a number of differently sized tables"
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
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Without the defense of the intrusion detection technology, the virus as well as illegal attack will become more and more rampant, putting the computer database in great danger, such as stealing the users' information, harming the computer system and even altering the IDS unable to record the overall intrusion process of the illegal action.
Analysis focusing on intrusion detection technology when an outside party breaks into computer database
KARACHI -- A computer database and programming course has been initiated for the employees of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC).
Computer database and programming course for KMC employees
Instead of directly approaching a doctor, people will have contact the new facility and nurses will consult a computer database to decide if the patient needs a follow- up appointment with a doctor.
NURSES TOLD TO TRY HAND ATCOMPUTERS
PUTTING private medical records on a computer database and making them available to medical companies and insurance firms must have seemed like a great idea to someone.
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The Police National Computer database holds confidential information on criminals, victims, vehicles, drivers and property.
263 cops beat rap on spying
Tracy Muir didn't tell her bosses at Dumfries and Galloway Council about her liaisons with thug Paul Bowran - and she used her position to snoop through his personal records on a computer database.
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A PARLIAMENTARY hopeful has branded the Government's NHS computer database as "an abject and costly failure".
Computer scheme a 'failure'
"The information contained in this Field Guide is based on data collected in the North American Hand Press Database, a computer database I created and maintain in an effort to collect as much information as possible about as many hand presses as can be discovered existing somewhere in North America and immediate vicinity," Oldham explains (p.
Robert Oldham. A Field Guide to North American Hand Presses and Their Manufacturers
Over a five-day period, officers in Northumberland used a hi-tech scanning system to target cars and match number plates against a computer database.
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