Meaning & use
bank database
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Meanings
nouncountable
A structured collection of financial records that a bank keeps and can search electronically.
Grammar: Countable: you can say a bank database or the bank's databases.
Patterns
- a bank database
- store something in a bank database
- access the bank database
The teller checked the bank database to confirm the transfer had gone through.
Hackers tried to break into the bank database and steal customer details.
All loan applications are entered into the bank database the same day.
nouncountablecomputing
A software system used to organize and manage the data that a bank needs for its daily operations.
Grammar: Often used with words like design, build, or maintain: design a bank database.
Patterns
- build a bank database
- maintain a bank database
- a bank database system
The IT team spent months building a bank database that could handle millions of transactions.
A well-designed bank database keeps account balances accurate at all times.
She works as an engineer maintaining the bank database for a large lender.
Word forms
| plural | bank databases |
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Common combinations
- access a bank database
- Only senior staff can access the bank database.
- secure a bank database
- The company was hired to secure the bank database against attacks.
- update a bank database
- Clerks update the bank database whenever a customer moves house.
- bank database system
- The new bank database system cut processing times in half.
- a breach of a bank database
- The breach of the bank database affected thousands of accounts.
Synonyms and how they differ
- banking database
- Almost the same meaning, but it stresses the industry rather than one particular bank.
- financial records system
- A broader phrase that may include paper files as well as electronic data.
- ledger
- An older word for a record of accounts; it suggests a book or file rather than a searchable computer system.
Word family
Commonly confused: bank database or data bank? bank database or bank statement?
bank database vs data bank
A data bank is a large store of information on many subjects, not specifically a bank's own records.
bank database vs bank statement
A bank statement is a printed or digital summary of your account, not the whole record system.
Practice
Which sentence uses "bank database" most naturally?
Choose one answer.
A bank database is a computer system for financial records, so fixing a bug in it fits. The other options confuse it with a physical bank branch or a place to keep coins.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “bank database”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.