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Structured Query Language

A Dictionary of the Internet | 2001 | 278 words | Copyright

Structured Query Language A QUERY LANGUAGE used to extract data from a database. It is usually referred to as SQL. It is often embedded within another language such as JAVA. The vast majority of databases held in distributed systems now accept SQL queries. See also SQL SERVER.

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