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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.
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Brumm, B. (2019). What is a Database?. In: Beginning Oracle SQL for Oracle Database 18c. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4430-2_1
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