joining connection connexion | the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication), the joining of hands around the table, there was a connection via the internet |
connection connexion | shifting from one form of transportation to another, the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta |
database management | creation and maintenance of a database |
connection connexion connector connecter connective | an instrumentality that connects, he soldered the connection, he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers |
siamese siamese connection | an inlet with two or more couplings to which a hose can be attached so that fire engines can pump water into the sprinkler system of a building |
association connection connexion | the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination, conditioning is a form of learning by association |
electronic database on-line database computer database electronic information service | (computer science) a database that can be accessed by computers |
database management system DBMS | a software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database |
relational database management system | a database management system designed to manage a relational database |
object-oriented database management system | a database management system designed to manage an object-oriented database |
database | an organized body of related information |
relational database | a database in which relations between information items are explicitly specified as accessible attributes, in a relational database the data are organized as a number of differently sized tables |
object-oriented database | a database in which the operations carried out on information items (data objects) are considered part of their definition |
lexical database | a database of information about words |
Patent and Trademark Office Database Patent Office | the government bureau in the Department of Commerce that keeps a record of patents and trademarks and grants new ones |
connection | a supplier (especially of narcotics) |
connection | (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship), he has powerful connections |
connection connexion connectedness | a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it), there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare |
connection connexion link | a connecting shape |
connection link connectedness | the state of being connected, the connection between church and state is inescapable |