База данных — это organized container или system for storing data, so it can be retrieved, managed, updated и processed by computer means. Базы данных могут хранить numbers, dates, text, records или other information, которые могут быть transformed into useful outputs, such as directories, reports или model inputs.
A database is a "container" storing data such as numbers, dates or words, which can be reprocessed by computer means to produce information; for example, numbers and names assembled and sorted to form a directory.