Repository

A Repository is a curated set of items.

• Context:
  • It can be managed by a Database System.
  • …
• Example(s):
  • a Database Repository.
  • a Digital Library.
  • Repository (version control), a data structure which stores metadata for a set of files or directory structure
  • Content repository, a database of digital content
  • Software repository, a storage location from which software packages may be retrieved
  • Deep geological repository, for nuclear waste
  • …
• See: Persistent Data Structure.

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References

2020

• (Wikipedia, 2020) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/repository Retrieved:2020-10-2.
  • Repository may refer to:
    • The Repository, a newspaper in Ohio
    • Ackermann's Repository, a British periodical published 1809–1829
    • Repository (version control), a data structure which stores metadata for a set of files or directory structure
    • Content repository, a database of digital content
    • Deep geological repository, for nuclear waste
    • Disciplinary repository, an online archive of scholarly publications in a particular subject
    • Information repository, a central place in which an aggregation of data is kept, usually in computer storage
    • Institutional repository, an archive of an institution's scholarly publications
    • National Mine Map Repository, collects and maintains mine map information
    • Software repository, a storage location from which software packages may be retrieved
    • Trade Repository, an entity that collects and maintains the records of over-the-counter derivatives

2009

• (WordNet, 2009) ⇒ http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=repository
  • S: (n) depository, deposit, depositary, repository (a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping)
  • S: (n) repository, secretary (a person to whom a secret is entrusted)
  • S: (n) repository, monument (a burial vault (usually for some famous person))

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