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  • noun Plural form of database.

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  • Unlike pages on the visible Web (that is, the Web that you can access from search engines and directories), information in databases is generally inaccessible to the software spiders and crawlers that create search engine indexes.

    Beyond the Search – Searching the Invisible Web « Lorelle on WordPress 2005

  • That is the impact the storm had on what we call databases and our ability to record pertinent information dealing with this number of people.

    CNN Transcript Sep 11, 2005 2005

  • Can't Post | Private Reply but the "Who's on-line" is still out - I believe until we get the transfer of sign-in databases secure and final.

    Posting problem 2009

  • The important thing for artists is to have their music in databases of this sort.

    Music Industry – ‘just ahead of the Amish’ 2009

  • Can strong IP rights in databases and information privacy/security coexist?

    Archive 2009-08-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009

  • As Justice Ginsberg notes, widespread use of computer databases is now the norm in America and massive amounts of data are collected, stored and shared among various governmental agencies.

    Carelessness Trumps the Exclusionary Rule 2009

  • Of course, building such databases is a lot easier when you have a federal administration that committed to publishing government data online.

    O’Reilly: Why Tech Business Should Support Obama 2009

  • As Justice Ginsberg notes, widespread use of computer databases is now the norm in America and massive amounts of data are collected, stored and shared among various governmental agencies.

    Constitutional Issues 2009

  • I see a lot of redundancy between Sun and IBM – in databases, operating systems and servers.

    Why Cisco, Not IBM, Should Buy Sun 2009

  • As Justice Ginsberg notes, widespread use of computer databases is now the norm in America and massive amounts of data are collected, stored and shared among various governmental agencies.

    Supreme Court 2009

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