Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation database administrator
- abbreviation Doctor of Business Administration
- abbreviation doing business as
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- initialism computing
database analyst - initialism computing
database administrator - initialism business doing business as, usually
dba . - initialism business Doctor of Business Administration
- initialism daily benefit amount
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (law) a name under which a corporation conducts business that is not the legal name of the corporation as shown in its articles of incorporation
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I have a lot of experience working with JavaScript and XHTML / CSS, very comfortable doing frontend and backend development, as well as database work (although, I don't want to use the term DBA).
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I have a lot of experience working with JavaScript and XHTML / CSS, very comfortable doing frontend and backend development, as well as database work (although, I don't want to use the term DBA).
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No, jmo. $135k/year (if that’s what an Oracle DBA is paid these days, which I doubt) is a decent wage. $100 million/year is a ripoff, robbery.
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It's being exacerbated by the collapse of the USD, too, as any investor can speculate on grains by investing in DBA.
Canadian Silver Bug - April Musings Canadian silver bug/Green Assassin Brigade 2008
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The DBA is a nonprofit corporation organized to promote the businesses of downtown.
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DBA, which is NOT built around "total return swaps" like other inverse / leveraged funds, is essentially a basket of futures contracts - primarily wheat, corn and soybeans, with sugar thrown in for good measure.
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DBA, which is NOT built around "total return swaps" like other inverse / leveraged funds, is essentially a basket of futures contracts - primarily wheat, corn and soybeans, with sugar thrown in for good measure.
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The Database Administrator (aka DBA) is the most stable job in the IT world.
ERE.net 2009
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In some states, the DBA is a state-level filing, while in others it's a county filing. llinois requires that the assumed name be filed with the County Clerk of the county in which you will be doing business.
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Among the top 10 stories on the DBA was the tragedy of motor racing legend Peter Brock's death in a WA rally on September 8, 2006.
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