object-oriented database
- noun
- /ˈɑbdʒɛkt-ˈɔrɪɛntɪd ˈdeɪtəˌbeɪs/
- Specialized
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base de datos orientada a objetos
- This software developer decided to use an object-oriented database to improve data management for the project.
Examples
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The system uses Euclid 3's object-oriented database to drive Sherpa's data-management features.
Academic text (1994) -
The event message database could be developed into an object-oriented database.
Academic text (1992) -
The event message database provides the representation of the events (or declarative structure) and provides a means for implementing associations and generalizations of these entities in, potentially, a functional, object-oriented database.
Academic text (1992) -
An object-oriented database combines data and functions, making it easier to manipulate complex data structures.
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For efficient storage and retrieval, the IT team chose to implement an object-oriented database that followed modern programming principles.
Synonyms
A database that stores data as items that behave like parts of a program
Antonyms
How Object-Oriented
- Specialized
- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
object-oriented + database
The compound reads transparently: 'object-oriented' means organized or oriented around objects and 'database' is a data store, so a learner who knows those constituents can infer it is a database structured around objects. While technical implementation details (methods, encapsulation) are specialized, the core meaning is compositionally derivable and paralleled in many languages.
Etymology
Object-oriented database pictures a database built from objects, like boxes that hold both information and the actions they can do. So, because each object keeps its data and its actions together, the phrase means a database that stores data in a way that matches how programs use 'objects' today.