central database

collocation in English

meaningsofcentralanddatabase

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central
adjective
uk
/ˈsen.trəl/
us
/ˈsen.trəl/
in, at, from, or near the centre or most important part ...
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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 ofcentralanddatabasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Each subspace then stores a number of design points in acentraldatabase, generally in the direction that improves local subspace per formance.
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One can envisage the setting up of a co-ordinated system andcentraldatabase.
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In one, doctors can read the chips with a scanner and then immediately gain access to the patient's medical record held on acentraldatabase.
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Anecdotal evidence suggests, however, that targeting errors occur regularly and that there is, for example, much benefit duplication due to poor coordination amongst programmes and an incompletecentraldatabase.
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The rules which exist for the erasing of data from thecentraldatabaseare also inadequate.
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Thecentraldatabasedoes not include details of the specific nature of the contracts, and further details could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
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Instead, we need acentraldatabaseof the name and outline details of every child in care.
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Once the summonses were received and resolved, the papers were filed in the individual supplier file and not logged on to acentraldatabase.
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It is acentraldatabasesystem covering just under 16,000 businesses.
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However, the figures are not recorded on acentraldatabase.
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The timetables for the tendering exercise and the draft tender documents for the provision of acentraldatabasehave yet to be finalised.
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There is nocentraldatabasecontaining this information.
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This information is not held on acentraldatabaseand could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
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Compilation of acentraldatabasecommenced in 1993.
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It is unlikely to require the establishment of acentraldatabase, as it envisages that records will be held on-farm.
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The information requested is not maintained in that form in acentraldatabase.
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The classification of individual procedures is not recorded on thecentraldatabase.
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It would be extremely helpful at magistrates court level if there was some recording of information to go on to acentraldatabase.
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He rightly highlighted the fact that a computerisedcentraldatabasewill help to ensure that such situations do not arise in the future.
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The records held are not kept in acentraldatabase.
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