[net.followup] Query Results: Database over Data Base by 13 to 2

rfg@hound.UUCP (10/10/83)

Last month I queried net.general about preferences for which
term to use, database or data base.  The text of my query and
the replies will be sent to net.sources.  Here is a summary:

       Preference                         No. of RReplies

Data Base because it's correct                   1
Either is OK, but I prefer Data BBase             1
No preference or position evident                1
Either is OK, but I prefer Database              2
We encourage the term Database                   1
Database is *the* new standard term              7
Database, even if it's "wrong"                   3
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                                                16
     Pro Data Base      2
     Pro Database      13
     Abstention         1

I thank all of you for your cooperation. Only one flame was
received. The results will be a comfort to people who feel
uneasy when operating out ahead of Webster.
   -Dick Grantges hound!rfg