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database

Summary

database ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (125 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • database is a type of data set[2].
  • database is a type of work[3].
  • database is a type of digital object[4].
  • database is a type of data[5].
  • database is a type of Q141406429[6].
  • database is part of host[7].
  • database's Commons category is recorded as Databases[8].
  • database's said to be the same as is recorded as data base[9].
  • database comprises data[10].
  • database comprises record[11].
  • database comprises database schema[12].
  • database comprises integrity constraints[13].
  • database comprises database table[14].
  • database comprises data dictionary[15].
  • database comprises data base[16].
  • database comprises database management system[17].
  • database's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Databases[18].
  • database's described by source is recorded as Dictionnaire des biens communs[19].
  • database's topic has template is recorded as Template:Databases[20].
  • database's topic has template is recorded as Template:Database[21].
  • database's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/database[22].
  • database's used by is recorded as database management system[23].
  • database's main Wikidata property is recorded as P9073[24].
  • database's uses is recorded as logical database model[25].
  • database's studied by is recorded as database theory[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include data set[2], work[3], digital object[4], data[5], and Q141406429[6].

Use and Application

Components include data[10]; record[11], a composite data type[27]; database schema[12]; integrity constraints[13]; database table[14]; and data dictionary[15]. database is part of host[7]. database's used by is recorded as database management system[23].

Influence

Things named for database include DBeaver[28], a software[29], founded in 2011[30].

Why It Matters

database ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (125 views/month).[1] database has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] database is known by 85 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for database include DBeaver[28], a software[29], founded in 2011[30].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Ottawajin · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'am', 'an', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'azb', 'bar', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg
    Lc and marc vocabularies id → marcgt/dtb
    Sitelink count → 121
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P4801]]: marcgt/dtb, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/149290467|database (#149290467)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5763|LoC and MARC vocabul"
  2. 24d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14870 → ont00000756
    Subclass of → data set, work, digital object +2
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q141406429]]"
  3. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → databases
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: databases, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289924620|databases (#289924620)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix"
  4. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0000402-databaze
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0000402-databaze, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  5. 16w ago · HelloImSteven · 2026-06-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Foldoc id → database, DB
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P12946]]: DB, import FOLDOC ID ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/wikibase-cli/f6585e22ab8ad/|details]])"
  6. 20w ago · TiagoLubiana · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Edam ontology id → data_0581
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14357]]: data_0581, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289759696|Database (#289759696)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7899|EDAM Ontology]] #mix"
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