Data Bank: These are
synonymous with database which is used to specify collection of numeric data
only.
Data Mining: The process by
which information are extracted from datasets in the way which might not be
explicit initially.
Database: A database is a
self describing structured set of collection of integrated records. It is self
describing because it contains as part of itself, a directory or dictionary of
its contents.
Decimal Notation: It is the
notation which is used to identify the subjects based on some library classification
system.
Declassify: Under proper authorization removal of a secret or confidential tag from a document and opening the document for general use.
Defaulter: It means a
reader who could not return the book on time and has to pay fine.
Delhi
Public Library: UNESCO for the first time started the first pilot project in library in
India by establishing the Delhi Public Library in October 1951. This later on
developed into Delhi Public Library and act as a national depository library.
Demographic: The statistical
characteristics of human populations i.e. as age or income used especially to
identify markets.
Denudation: The formation
of different types of classes by various divisions.
Deposit Library: A library where
documents are deposited under special conditions for example the Delivery of
Books (Public Libraries) Act, 1954.
Depository: A library which
receives the publications of a government or official body free of cost.
Descriptor: The index term consisting of word, phrase, or
alphanumerical term that is used to identify a record in a database or describe
the content of the record.
Desktop
Computer: A desktop computer is a Personal Computer (PC) in a form intended
for regular use at a single location, as opposed to a mobile laptop or portable
computer. It can indicate a horizontally-oriented computer case usually
intended to have the display screen placed on top to save space on the desk
top. Most modern desktop computers have separate screens and keyboards.
Dewey Decimal
System:
It is a highly structured a proprietary library classification system first
published in the United States by Melvil Dewey in 1876.
Digital
Camera: A digital camera or digicam is a camera that takes video or still
photographs, or both, digitally by recording images via an electronic image
sensor.
Digital
Computer: The digital
computer works with numbers, words, and symbols expressed as digits which it
manipulates and counts discretely. Example includes Calculators, Digital
watches, etc.
Discard: When the book
is not used for a long time, then it is withdrawn from the library holding and sells
out or given free of cost to those libraries who are interested in that book.
Dissertation: A written
treatise usually authored by a master or M.Phil. Degree student or learner
under the guidance of a supervisor or teacher intended to advance the state of
the art in a given discipline.
Documentation: It is the study
and recording of acquisition, handling and communication of various information.
Dog-eared: When the corners
of the pages of a book, portfolio, or similar article are folded, it is called
Dog-eared.
Donation: A book or other
item given to a library free of cost by its author or publisher, or by an
unconnected person or organisation.
Due Date: The date on
which a book is due for returning to the library.

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