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knowledge base
n.
1. Computer Science The part of an expert system that contains the facts and rules needed to solve problems.
2. A collection of facts and rules for problem solving.
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Noun1.knowledge base - the content of a particular field of knowledge
knowledge domain, domain
cognitive content, mental object, content - the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
discipline, field of study, subject area, subject field, bailiwick, subject, field, study - a branch of knowledge; "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings"
realm, region - a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about; "it was a limited realm of discourse"; "here we enter the region of opinion"; "the realm of the occult"
scientific knowledge - knowledge accumulated by systematic study and organized by general principles; "mathematics is the basis for much scientific knowledge"


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Johnson & Johnson's pharmaceutical research and development division has contributed a library of expression profiles for 100 paradigm compounds, primarily hepatotoxicants, to the Chemical Effects in Biological Systems (CEBS) knowledge base based at the National Center for Toxicogenomics, a part of the NIEHS.
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For almost two decades groups within education have attempted to articulate a knowledge base for their subspecialties.
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