Database

Database in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of database.

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See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Policeman
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• database in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• database in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

English Legal System: Database

In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Database :

An organized collection of information held on a computer. Databases are usually protected by *copyright in the UK under the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 and the EU Directive 96/9 (implemented by the Copyright and Rights in Databases Regulations 1997). Copyright protects the structure, order, arrangement on the page or screen, and other features of the database in addition to the information in the database itself.

Hierarchical Display of Database

Education And Communications > Information technology and data processing > Data processing
Education And Communications > Information and information processing > Information > Information system
Education And Communications > Communications > Communications systems > Telecommunications > Videotex > Interactive videotex
Science > Natural and applied sciences > Life sciences > Biology > Genetics > Genetic database

Meaning of Database

Overview and more information about Database

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Translation of Database

• Spanish: Base de datos
• French: Base de données
• German: Datenbasis
• Italian: Base di dati
• Portuguese: Base de dados
• Polish: Baza danych

Thesaurus of Database

Education And Communications > Information technology and data processing > Data processing > Database
Education And Communications > Information and information processing > Information > Information system > Database
Education And Communications > Communications > Communications systems > Telecommunications > Videotex > Interactive videotex > Database
Science > Natural and applied sciences > Life sciences > Biology > Genetics > Genetic database > Database

See also

• Information system
• Interactive videotex

• On line data service