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Database vs Metadatabase - What's the difference?

database | metadatabase |

As nouns the difference between database and metadatabase

is that database is (computing) a collection of (usually) organized information in a regular structure, usually but not necessarily in a machine-readable format accessible by a computer while metadatabase is a database that serves to catalogue and classify other databases.

As a verb database

is to enter data into a database.

database

English

(wikipedia database)

Alternative forms

* (older) data base, data-base

Noun

(en noun)
  • (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).

    • Synonyms

    * (collection of organized information) databank * (computer software) database management system

    Verb

    (databas)
  • To enter data into a database
    • ----

    metadatabase

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A database that serves to catalogue and classify other databases.

    • See also

    * metarelation, metarelational