A '''database''' is an organised collection of data. There is usually an
implication that the data is stored in and managed by a computer or collection
of computers, in which case the definition should perhaps be:

A '''database''' is an organised collection of data that is managed by a
'''[DBMS]''' ('''[DBMS%|%Database Management System]''') (q.v.)

Often the word '''database''' is used when what is really meant is a [DBMS].

There is a tendency to see a database (or [DBMS]) as merely a system for the
[persistence%|%persistent] storage and retrieval of data, but this view tends to
miss the ''organised'' part of the definition.

** See Also **

   [Interacting with databases]:   

   [Category Database]:   

   [persistence]:   

   [TDBC]:   

   [Comparing Tcl database abstraction layers]:   

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