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>the entire database is >in a single file

Microsoft Access since at least 30 years? MdB file? Accessible with various dB APIs? And wasn't dBASE also the same thing?

No, dBASE (Clipper, FoxPro, etc) uses a separate file for each table (.DBF), index (.CDX) and blob (.FPT).

Also Sybase.