data warehouse

/ˈdeɪtə ˈwɛə(ɹ)haʊs/

noun

A collection of data, from a variety of sources, organized to provide useful guidance to an organization's decision-makers.

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Meanings

noundata warehouse (plural data warehouses)

plural data warehouses

  1. computingA collection of data, from a variety of sources, organized to provide useful guidance to an organization's decision-makers.

Origin

Coined by IBM researchers Barry Devlin and Paul Murphy in 1988.

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Translations

Arabic مُسْتَوْدَع بَيَانَات
  • مُسْتَوْدَع بَيَانَات (mustawdaʕ bayānāt)collection of data
Bulgarian склад да́нни
  • склад да́нни (sklad dánni)collection of data
Chinese Mandarin 資料倉儲 /资料仓储, 數據倉庫 /数据仓库
  • 資料倉儲 /资料仓储 (zīliào cāngchǔ)collection of data
  • 數據倉庫 /数据仓库 (shùjù cāngkù)collection of data
Czech datový sklad
  • datový skladcollection of data
Danish data warehouse, datavarehus
  • data warehousecollection of data
  • datavarehuscollection of data
Dutch datawarehouse, datapakhuis
  • datawarehousecollection of data
  • datapakhuiscollection of data
Estonian andmeait
  • andmeaitcollection of data
Finnish tietovarasto
  • tietovarastocollection of data
French entrepôt de données, datawarehouse
  • entrepôt de donnéescollection of data
  • datawarehousecollection of data
German Datenlager, Data Warehouse
  • Datenlagercollection of data
  • Data Warehousecollection of data
Greek αποθήκη δεδομένων
  • αποθήκη δεδομένων (apothíki dedoménon)collection of data
Hindi दत्त भाण्डागार
  • दत्त भाण्डागार (datt bhāṇḍāgār)collection of data
Hungarian adattárház
  • adattárházcollection of data
Indonesian gudang data
  • gudang datacollection of data
Italian data warehouse
  • data warehousecollection of data
Japanese データウェアハウス
  • データウェアハウス (dēta weahausu)collection of data
Korean 데이터 웨어하우스
  • 데이터 웨어하우스 (deiteo weeohauseu)collection of data
Latvian datu noliktava
  • datu noliktavacollection of data
Lithuanian duomenų saugykla
  • duomenų saugyklacollection of data
Malay gudang data
  • gudang datacollection of data
Norwegian Bokmål datavarehus
  • datavarehuscollection of data
Polish hurtownia danych
  • hurtownia danychcollection of data
Portuguese armazém de dados
  • armazém de dadoscollection of data
Romanian depozit de date
  • depozit de datecollection of data
Russian храни́лище да́нных
  • храни́лище да́нных (xranílišče dánnyx)collection of data
Slovak dátový sklad
  • dátový skladcollection of data
Spanish almacén de datos
  • almacén de datoscollection of data
Swedish data warehouse, datalager
  • data warehousecollection of data
  • datalagercollection of data
  • datavaruhuscollection of data
Thai คลังข้อมูล
  • คลังข้อมูล (klang-kɔ̂ɔ-muun)collection of data
Turkish veri ambarı
  • veri ambarıcollection of data
Ukrainian схо́вище да́них
  • схо́вище да́них (sxóvyšče dányx)collection of data
Vietnamese kho dữ liệu
  • kho dữ liệucollection of data
Cite this entry
APA

data warehouse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/data%20warehouse

MLA

“data warehouse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/data%20warehouse. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “data warehouse,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/data%20warehouse.

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