existing database

collocation in English

meaningsofexistinganddatabase

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existing
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ɪɡˈzɪs.tɪŋ/us
/ɪɡˈzɪs.tɪŋ/
used to refer to something that ...
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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 ofexistinganddatabasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Work is in progress to enhance the fusion by correlating the extracted information with information in a user-providedexistingdatabase.
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Theexistingdatabaseregarding oncology nurses is diverse with respect to geographical0cultural representation, targeted endpoints, and methodological quality.
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One of the five criterions, response to pharmacological treatment, was dropped because the panelists considered it to be too difficult to evaluate given theexistingdatabase.
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Most of the filled thirds in the eight manuscripts were collected through observation of theexistingdatabaseand of printouts of pages which describe the chants themselves.
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Lastly, the use of new technologies, which are very important for data collection, reinforcesexistingdatabasesystems and the circulation of information.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Ourexistingdatabasedoes not allow us to determine which of them received a substantive response on that named day without manually checking each question.
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Work is currently in progress to modifyexistingdatabasesystems to allow this.
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Ourexistingdatabasedoes not allow us to compile the information requested without incurring disproportionate cost in its retrieval; however, its replacement will.
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All that information could be rapidly identified by the emergency services after consulting by radio the alreadyexistingdatabaseof medical records.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The system involves taking a user-hummed melody (input query) and comparing it to anexistingdatabase.
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Some types of microfilm will contain a counter next to the images; these can be referenced to an alreadyexistingdatabase.
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It can be used to create, maintain and document new orexistingdatabasesystems.
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In most existing databases, the sampling intervals are too far apart to determine what is creative in any given child utterance.
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The process of database refactoring is the act of applying database refactorings to evolve anexistingdatabaseschema (database refactoring is a core practice of evolutionary database design).
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In theory, this would be a boon to customers with a huge investment in existing databases and data warehouse/business intelligence applications.
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It links information from four existing databases, enabling researchers to find new connections between health, lifestyle and aging.
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Apart from acting as relational storage engine, it can also transparently cache data from existing databases.
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Another kind of database software exists to manage the provisioning of new databases and the management of existing databases and their related resources.
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