SQL

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Structured Query Language

• SQL is a standard programming language for getting information from and updating a database. Although SQL is a standard, many database products support SQL with proprietary extensions to the standard language.^[1]

• The popular standard for running database searches (queries) and reports.

See also

• Database
• Flat file database
• Full text database
• Relational database
• SQL
• WAIS - wide area information server^[2]

Footnotes

1. ^  Legal Electronic Document Institute, Basic Principles of Automated Litigation Support (2005).
2. ^  American Document Management, Glossary of Terms, http://www.amdoc.com/glossary.shtml.