Software engineers often use the word "update" for operations of that kind on databases, as part of the so called "crud" operations (Create Read Update Delete),

Software engineers often use the word "update" for operations of that kind on databases, as part of the so called "crud" operations (Create Read Update Delete), which represent the fundamental operations one could apply. I agree with you that "edit" sounds good (and "cred" perhaps better than "crud"), though it sounds a bit more like an ongoing action rather than an atomic operation to me (personal bias I suppose).