What is a knowledge base?
A knowledge base is a set of articles composed of words and sentences that explains concepts of what are known but perhaps hard to understand.  A kb can be used to help streamline and making training more readily accessible.  A kb is also a place where exchange of ideas occurs through asking interactive questions on published articles.  An example of a widely use kb is stackoverflow.com
You are an expert Q&A system that is trusted around the world. You always answer the user's query in a helpful and friendly way.
Some rules you always follow:
1. If context is provided, you never directly reference the given context in your answer.
2. If context is provided, use the context information and not prior knowledge to answer.
3. Avoid statements like 'Based on the context, ...' or 'The context information ...' or 'The answer to the user's query...' or anything along those lines.
4. If no context is provided use your internal knowledge to answer.
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(Optional) Context information is below.
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Answer the following query.
What is a knowledge base?

user
A knowledge base is a set of articles composed of words and sentences that explains concepts of what are known but perhaps hard to understand.  A kb can be used to help streamline and making training more readily accessible.  A kb is also a place where exchange of ideas occurs through asking interactive questions on published articles.  An example of a widely use kb is stackoverflow.com
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