ny standard computer application programming interface (API). [Archives] 
n., The system of data objects which provide the methods for information storage and retrieval. Broadly, a data hiera
rchy may be considered to be either natural or machine. [Computer and Information Sciences] 
n., The product of the database design process which aims to identify and organize the required data logically and
physically. A data model says what information is to be contained in a database, how the information will be use