nd extracted by a number of different applications programs or query languages. [General Dictionaries] 
n., A large collection of information that has been coded and stored in a computer in such a way that it can be extracted under a
 number of different category headings. [Sciences] 
n., A structured assembly of logically related data designed to meet various applications but managed independently of them.
[Archives] 
n., Data organized and stored so that it can be manipulated or extracted to meet various 