Editing Address book (section)

{{Short description|Database used for storing contact details}}
{{redirect|Address Book|other uses|Address book (disambiguation)}}
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An '''address book''' or a '''name and address book''' is a book, or a [[database]] used for storing entries,<ref name=":0">{{Citation |title=address book |date=2010-01-01 |work=The Oxford Companion to the Book |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780198606536.001.0001/acref-9780198606536-e-0083 |access-date=2024-02-03 |publisher=Oxford University Press |language=en |doi=10.1093/acref/9780198606536.001.0001/acref-9780198606536-e-0083 |isbn=978-0-19-860653-6}}</ref> called '''contacts'''. Each contact entry usually consists of a few standard [[Field (computer science)|fields]] (for example: first name, last name, company name, [[address (geography)|address]], [[telephone]] number, [[e-mail]] address, [[fax]] number, [[mobile phone]] number). Most such systems store the details in alphabetical order of people's names, although in [[paper]]-based address books entries can easily end up out of order as the owner inserts details of more individuals or as people move. Many address books use small [[ring binder]]s that allow adding, removing, and shuffling of pages to make room.