Database

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Databases are systems to hold information, so as to provide efficient retrieval, selection, cross referencing etc.

Origins

IBM provided Hollerith machines to Nazi Germany, which were used to control the Jewish population.

 

Examples

Page nameDescription
File:Company-Occupied territories trading.pdfDatabase of all business enterprises involved in the activities detailed in paragraph 96 of the report of the independent international fact-finding mission to investigate the implications of the Israeli settlements on the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of the Palestinian people throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem - Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
LifeLogA DARPA project to create a system of collecting data about users in a single place. It was cancelled when Facebook started, in February 2004.
Main CoreMain Core is American government database containing information on several million people identified as be threats to "national security", to be detained or eliminated.
Next Generation IdentificationThe world's largest and most efficient electronic database of individuals, created by the FBI and other US intelligence services.
RAND/Terrorism Chronology DatabaseA large but selective database of incidents of "terrorism".
Schengen Information SystemThe database for handling the borders of the EU known under the Schengen agreement.
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