1. Although printed indexes tend to be either controlled or natural language, many large databases can now be searched in both ways. 2. Application of these methods to a large database consisting of career histories of employees working in the public sector. 3. The former Hazardous Waste Inspectorate operated a large database on all sites, with details of permitted wastes, including allowable quantities. 4. The Library carries out literature searches on behalf of staff, by interrogating large bibliographic databases which are mounted on very large computers. 5. The bits and bytes could just as easily represent a large textual database as the music of a rock band. 6. It is not necessary to use very large databases. 7. Focusing too heavily on large databases ignores the growing trend toward generating text, keeping spreadsheets, and databases on microcomputers. 8. Analysts said such a setup would increase the speed and reliability of running large databases without buying large, expensive mainframe computers, the paper reported. 9. And the high-end is for large corporate databases and wide area networks in which computers can be strewn around the country. |
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