on-line database

Questions about on-line database

What does on-line database mean?

on-line database means "(computer science) a database that can be accessed by computers".

What is another word for on-line database?

Close synonyms include electronic database, computer database, electronic information service. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is on-line database a common word?

on-line database is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.