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- DB is a general-purpose embedded database engine that is capable of providing a wealth
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- work with one particular aspect of the DB library. In many cases, each such chapter is
- organized around a "handle", or class, which provides an interface to DB structures such
- as databases, environments or locks. However, in some cases, methods for multiple handles are
- combined together when they are used to control or interface with some isolated DB
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