databook

Technical specifications volume

A databook is a reference manual containing technical specifications, typically for electronic components or engineering applications.

Semiconductor manufacturers publish databooks with detailed information about their chips—pinouts, voltage requirements, timing diagrams.

The term also applies to any compiled collection of data for a specific field: The company's databook lists all approved suppliers.

records

database

Organized digital information collection

documentation · files · registers · logs · archives · compilation · collection · catalog · indexing · filing

reference

manual

Written instructions for use

reference · encyclopedia · directory · catalogue · atlas · almanac · glossary · primer · volume · tome

statistics

datasets

Organized digital records

benchmarks · specifications · measurements · charts · tables · graphs · percentiles · averages · trends · analysis

Opposites
content type

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New and unusual

storybook · narrative · fiction · memoir · essay collection

purpose

databookbeach read

Light vacation novel

page-turner · potboiler · literary fiction · creative writing · belles-lettres

purpose and use

databooknovel

New and unusual

leisure reading · beach read · page-turner · coffee table book · art book

Family

data, book, books, booked, booking, bookish, booklet, handbook, textbook

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G