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The information for the database was acquired though government agencies, like the Office of State Comptroller for expenditures and the U.S.

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  1. noun A collection of data arranged for ease and speed of search and retrieval. Also called data bank.
  2. transitive verb To put (data) into a database.

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  • "Creation of this database is a big step forward for researching long-term changes in air pollution and correlating these with climate change," Kaicun Wang, assistant research scientist in the University of Maryland, said in a statement.
  • If the database is already compressed, compressing backups will not be very effective. —  MSDN Blogs
  • Backers acknowledge the database is a work in progress, with only 24 states providing all the requested information to consumers as of today. —  The Buffalo News: Home
  • Actually, if the database is actually corrupt, then changing its status can be the welcome to more issues. —  American Chronicle
  • Likewise those who have served their time: being on the database is the price you pay for having, as the Sweeney would say, —  The Guardian World News
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