"databank" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: databanks [plural]
Etymology: From data + bank. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|data|bank}} data + bank Head templates: {{en-noun}} databank (plural databanks)
  1. A database (collection of organized information in a regular structure) Categories (topical): Databases
    Sense id: en-databank-en-noun-hlGS1HdS Disambiguation of Databases: 56 44 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 20 6 58 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 6 58 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 79 21
  2. An organization dedicated to maintaining a database.
    Sense id: en-databank-en-noun-V-Zrxo3u
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: data bank Translations (organisation maintaining a database): databank (Dutch), tietopankki (Finnish), bank danych [masculine] (Polish)
Disambiguation of 'organisation maintaining a database': 47 53

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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