U.S. flag   An unofficial archive of your favorite United States government website
Dot gov

Official websites do not use .rip
We are an unofficial archive, replace .rip by .gov in the URL to access the official website. Access our document index here.

Https

We are building a provable archive!
A lock (Dot gov) or https:// don't prove our archive is authentic, only that you securely accessed it. Note that we are working to fix that :)

Computer Security Resource Center

Computer Security Resource Center

This is an archive
(replace .gov by .rip)
    Glossary
A  |  B  |  C  |  D  |  E  |  F  |  G  |  H  |  I  |  J  |  K  |  L  |  M  |  N  |  O  |  P  |  Q  |  R  |  S  |  T  |  U  |  V  |  W  |  X  |  Y  |  Z

Database

Abbreviation(s) and Synonym(s):

Definition(s):

  A repository of information that usually holds plant-wide information including process data, recipes, personnel data, and financial data.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-82 Rev. 2 from NISTIR 6859

  A repository of information or data, which may or may not be a traditional relational database system.
Source(s):
NISTIR 7693