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Your book collection is scattered and you can't easily find your favorite novel, so you decide to pack all of your books in a box. Now to ease your search, you decide to number your books. This looks organized. But as your book collection increases, your book boxes and listings increase, requiring a filing system. You now have a simple book storage, search, and retrieval system...that's our little database!