DBA

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

DBA
    n 1: (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 [syn: {assumed name},
         {fictitious name}, {Doing Business As}, {DBA}]

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

database administrator
DBA

   <job> A person responsible for the design and management of
   one or more {databases} and for the evaluation, selection and
   implementation of {database management systems}.  In smaller
   organisations, the data administrator and database
   administrator are often one in the same; however, when they
   are different, the database administrator's function is more
   technical.  The database administrator would implement the
   database software that meets the requirements outlined by the
   organisation's data administrator and {systems analysts}.

   Tasks might include controling an organisation's data
   resources, using {data dictionary} software to ensure {data
   integrity} and security, recovering corrupted data and
   eliminating data redundancy and uses tuning tools to improve
   database performance.

   (2004-03-11)

from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)

DBA
       DataBase Administrator (DB)

from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)

DBA
       Drei Buchstaben Akronym