Path: news.cambrium.nl!textnews.cambrium.nl!feeder2.cambriumusenet.nl!feeder1.cambriumusenet.nl!feed.tweaknews.nl!212.27.60.9.MISMATCH!feeder2-2.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!news.osn.de!diablo2.news.osn.de!ecngs!feeder.ecngs.de!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:52:10 -0600 Newsgroups: comp.databases.theory From: Eric Subject: What is a database? User-Agent: slrn/0.9.9p1 (Linux) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 17:51:50 +0000 Lines: 6 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-5ideICm+Dy18O0FksyYFMRNjljKhwPYyerUJl3KMBIqcPxGWUhGXrNlgBU1/Xm26n+pKdxgSsmIlJ6Y!TaXKsR8QOA6eCd98Hf1TFGw18rgzE38u3hUqQm4wFWGEu7/jjBhie5NFzQi5 X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 1100 Xref: news.cambrium.nl No, seriously, what is your short, accurate definition of the word "database" (in, but not necessarily restricted to, a computer context)? Eric -- ms fnd in a lbry