When an arrest is made, for example, a police officer enters the information and transmits it to the database, making the information available in the case file, which can be accessed and updated as the case continues through the system.

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In addition to the better recording quality, the Plus version can also convert file types, and has a more robust database.

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Just the real grunt work of log file or sensor processing before loading into an analytic database like Vertica.

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Usually Science requires that researchers file their sequences in GenBank, a freely accessible database, before they are allowed to publish, as the Beijing institute has done.

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On May 31, Mr. Valle allegedly accessed the federal National Crime Information Center database without authorization to obtain information about a woman whom authorities say they matched to a file on Mr. Valle's computer containing the names and information of more than 100 women.

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The Justice Department also has required federal agencies to file reports aimed at improving their procedures for submitting records to the background-check database.

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It says investigators can "request the entire database" of Internet traffic "in real time" by entering keywords, email addresses or the names of file attachments as search queries.

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