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Simple Storage

/**
 * collection of code (its functions) and data (its state)
 * that resides at a specific address on the Ethereum blockchain. 
 * think of it as a single slot in a database that can be
 * queried and altered by calling functions of the code that 
 * manages the database 
 * **/
contract SimpleStorage {
    //declares a state variable called storedData of type 
    //uint (unsigned integer of 256 bits)
    
    uint storedData;

    function set(uint x) {
        storedData = x;
    }

    function get() constant returns (uint retVal) {
        return storedData;
    }
}