"databank" meaning in English

See databank in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: databanks [plural]
Etymology: 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, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 51 49
  2. An organization dedicated to maintaining a database.
    Sense id: en-databank-en-noun-V-Zrxo3u Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 51 49
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': 45 55

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