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  • noun Attributive form of data base

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Examples

  • Als je naar muziek zoekt en de data-base overeenkomsten in YouTube vind, zal je ze ook gelijk in video te zien en horen krijgen.

    Social MTV: Blip.fm Adds YouTube Videos 2009

  • Instead of PowerPoint presentations and massive data-base stores of 'information,' accessed by 'search engines,' we will be forced to rely on -- gasp, shudder!

    John Joss: Help Me Understand ... John Joss 2012

  • Several speakers attempted to explain the success of Colorado's Democrats -- we heard everything from the use of Facebook and Twitter, to the effective ground-games in our elections, as well as an efficient and user-friendly voter data-base.

    Nancy Cronk: A Fresh Start for Colorado Democrats Nancy Cronk 2011

  • A rational federal policy and data-base to match could have prevented the Georgia Tech massacre.

    Think Progress » VIDEO: On Anniversary Of Oklahoma City Bombing, Armed Right-Wing Activists Accuse Obama Of Tyranny 2010

  • Several speakers attempted to explain the success of Colorado's Democrats -- we heard everything from the use of Facebook and Twitter, to the effective ground-games in our elections, as well as an efficient and user-friendly voter data-base.

    Nancy Cronk: A Fresh Start for Colorado Democrats Nancy Cronk 2011

  • I think that Japan has three types of products that can export well - narratives that emphasize Japaneseness (Kurosawa), data-base works that can be cleansed of Japanese elements as mass consumption products but still have the potential to be used as Japan fetishes by fans (Pokemon), and niche works of various types (Murakami Haruki in high art pomo lit circles, Miike Takashi for “underground” film, etc.) that hit that long tail.

    Néojaponisme » Blog Archive » Visual-Kei Expose 2010

  • Enormous confusion, three floors of junior-high-school, five rooms, and two computer data-base checks, I was told I had been “cleared” to participate.

    Balloon Juice » 2008 » March 2008

  • At the end of each Romney event in Iowa, the candidate implores supporters to fill out cards so they can be put in the campaign's data-base.

    Can Huckabee's Religious Fervor Overcome Organizational Disadvantage In Iowa? 2009

  • Yet the proliferation of an auditory-visual media culture is effectively limiting the ability of people, particularly the younger generations, to obtain and process the amount of information necessary for good decision-making and replacing those necessary reading and researching skills with simplistic audio-visuals and an extremely limited common informational data-base.

    Reading… Again « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2007

  • In reality, the vast majority of internet users circulate and re-circulate a relatively small working data-base … and one which contains far less “real” information than a very small college library, if that.

    Reading… Again « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2007

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