 Information Sciences] 
n., A database that contains and manages data for an information system, distinct from the presentation or interface compone
nts of that system. [Computer and Information Sciences] 
n., The right or permission to act legally on another's behalf; esp., the power of one person to affect another's legal
relations by acts done in accordance with the other's manifestations of assent; the power delegated by a principal to an
agent. [Government] 
n.,
 A copy of a data file made for the purp