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Re: What is a database?

From: Jan Hidders <hidders_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 12:27:20 +0100
Message-ID: <530f2119$0$25295$e4fe514c_at_dreader34.news.xs4all.nl> 






On 2014-02-27 01:44:55 +0000, Derek Asirvadem said:


>> 
>> On Thursday, 27 February 2014 07:40:05 UTC+11, Eric  wrote:
>>> On 2014-02-25, Derek Asirvadem <derek.asirvadem_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> An ordered, structured collection of data.
>> 
>> That could be good, depending on what you mean by "ordered". Or
>> "structured", but that seems less ambiguous.




> 

> One answer, really, but in two levels, given the non-computer 


> consideration, which I think is good to maintain.  It is normal human 

> logic, and whatever we do in IT should be within that, not outside that.

> 

> Qualifier.  I do not believe in the concept of private definitions.




Funny that. I don't believe in public definitions. All a definition is 
and can do is establish how a certain person or group cares to assign a 
meaning to a word or phrase, so in that sense it is always private. It 
tells you nothing about the real world, except what the definer means 
with a certain word.



    
  
  •   Jan Hidders



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