Database vs Bibliography - What's the difference?
database | bibliography |
(computing) A collection of (usually) organized information in a regular structure, usually but not necessarily in a machine-readable format accessible by a computer.
(computing) A set of tables in a database(1).
(computing) A software program for storing, retrieving and manipulating a database(1).
(computing) A combination of (1) and (2).
To enter data into a database
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A section of a written work containing citations, not quotations, to all the books referenced in the work.
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A list of books or documents relevant to a particular subject or author.
The study of the history of books in terms of their classification, printing and publication.
As nouns the difference between database and bibliography
is that database is a collection of (usually) organized information in a regular structure, usually but not necessarily in a machine-readable format accessible by a computer while bibliography is a section of a written work containing citations, not quotations, to all the books referenced in the work.As a verb database
is to enter data into a database.database
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(wikipedia database)Alternative forms
* (older) data base, data-baseNoun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (collection of organized information) databank * (computer software) database management systemVerb
(databas)bibliography
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(wikipedia bibliography)Noun
(bibliographies)- The supplementary bibliography (in Vol. VI) attests to the comprehensiveness of the effort.
