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<p>A <b>data dictionary</b>, or <a href="page.php?w=metadata_repository">metadata repository</a>, as defined in the IBM Dictionary of Computing, is a "centralized repository of information about data such as meaning, relationships to other data, origin, usage, and format". <a href="page.php?w=Oracle_Corporation">Oracle</a> defines it as a collection of tables with metadata. The term can have one of several closely related meanings pertaining to <a href="page.php?w=database">database</a>s and <a href="page.php?w=database_management_system">database management system</a>s</p><p>
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