Online database

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An online database is a database accessible via a network, now generally the internet. It differs from a local database, held in an individual computer or its attached storage, such as a CD.

• For the system or software designed to manage a database, see Database management systems (DBMS)
• For information on the structure of a database itself, see Database
• For information on the programs for searching a database, see Search engines
• For information on the contents of specific types of database, see
• Bibliographic databases

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