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1. What is a Database?

Ben Brumm1 
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Melbourne, VIC, Australia
 

One of the main features of software is that it lets you interact with data in a certain way. This could be a grocery list app that lets you add items to a shopping list on your phone, a website that lets you write and publish articles, or a customer relationship management program where you store information about customers.

All of these programs let you view information in a certain way, edit this information, and then store it somewhere. Without the ability to store this information, the software wouldn’t work that well. Imagine having a grocery list app, but when you entered ...

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