1. database One or more large structured sets of persistent
data, usually associated with software to update and
querythe data. A simple database might be a single file containing
many
records, each of which contains the same set of
fields where each field is a certain fixed width.
2.
hypertext A collection of
nodes managed and stored in
one place and all accessible via the same
server.
Linksoutside this are "external", and those inside are "internal".
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(2002-02-09)