repository : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: repository	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for repository
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
repository n a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping Synonym(s): depository, deposit, depositary, repository a person to whom a secret is entrusted Synonym(s): repository, secretary a burial vault (usually for some famous person) Synonym(s): repository, monument
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repository \Repos"itory\ (r?p?z"?t$r?), n. [L. repositorium, repostorium: cf. OF. repositoire.] A place where things are or may be reposited, or laid up, for safety or preservation; a depository. --Locke.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
repository 1. See {data dictionary}. 2. The core of a {CASE} tool, typically a {DBMS} where all development documents are stored. (1999-04-27)