databasing

Storing structured information

Databasing is the activity of building, managing, or working with databases—organized collections of digital information.

The term often appears in journalism and research contexts where gathering and structuring large amounts of data is central to the work: She spent months databasing public records for the investigation.

It can also describe the routine task of entering information into existing systems.

technical

SQL

Database manipulation language

  • NoSQLSchema-free database systems
  • MySQLRelational database management system
  • OracleProphetic shrine or speaker

relational · schema · indexing · query · normalization · ACID · join · transaction · integrity · constraint

organizing

cataloging

Systematic organization into records

systematizing · archiving · sorting · categorizing · tabulating · compiling · collating · codifying · grouping · filing

storage

repository

Place for storing things

  • archiveStored historical records
  • backupStored duplicate for recovery
  • serverOne who attends tables

cache · redundancy · replication · sharding · partitioning · retrieval · persistence · scalability

analytics

querying

Asking for information

correlation · dashboards · metrics · KPIs

Opposites
information organization method

databasingscribbling

Illegible hasty writing

jotting · jotting down · memorizing

data persistence

databasingdeleting

Removing from existence

forgetting · erasing · data destruction · discarding · purging

Family

base, data, basing, database, databases, databanks, databank

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