master database

collocation in English

meaningsofmasteranddatabase

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master
noun[C]
uk
/ˈmɑː.stər/us
/ˈmæs.tɚ/
the person who owns, cares for, and controls ...
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database
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdeɪ.tə.beɪs/us
/ˈdeɪ.t̬ə.beɪs/
a large amount of information stored in a computer system in such a way that it can be easily looked at ...
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(Definition ofmasteranddatabasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Completed collection databases - generally one for each source - are returned to the project office for checking and then uploading into themasterdatabase.
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Variations in spelling, etc, mean that this process will become more difficult as we move from diocese to diocese and the number of ' people ' in themasterdatabaseincreases.
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Themasterdatabaseallows customers to link nearly 1,500 individual data elements across millions of active financial instruments, for a clear view of investment positions.
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In the duplication process, users may change only themasterdatabase.
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Therefore, when the propermasterdatabasetable is recast with a different unique index, the directly and indirectly related data are also recast or restated.
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Ticket controllers have access to a local archive of themasterdatabase.
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Two organizations which merge will typically create an entity with duplicate master data (since each likely had at least onemasterdatabaseof its own prior to the merger).
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It looks up the postal code within each address in amasterdatabase, prints a barcode representing this information on the mailpiece, and performs an initial sort.
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An active-standby pair consists of two master databases, an "active" and a "standby" database.
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In practice, however, reconciling several master data systems can present difficulties because of the dependencies that existing applications have on the master databases.
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Over time, however, as further mergers and acquisitions occur, the problem multiplies, more and more master databases appear, and data-reconciliation processes become extremely complex, and consequently unmanageable and unreliable.
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