MySQL

[Jennie@ifish]

One of the hazards of the internet age is that as new words/slang appears, people read it rather than hear it, thus mispronunciation.

When I first heard MySQL, many years ago I auto pronounced it My Sequel.

It is actually, as I learned a bit later, 'My Ess Que Ell'.

Not that anyone cares. I just find it interesting.

So, you and I both probably don't understand what it DOES (!!!) but just out of curiosity....

[Jennie@ifish]

and to further feed your internet curiosity....



MySQL (pronounced "my ess cue el") is an open source relational database management system (RDBMS) that uses Structured Query Language (SQL), the most popular language for adding, accessing, and processing data in a database. Because it is open source, anyone can download MySQL and tailor it to their needs in accordance with the general public license. MySQL is noted mainly for its speed, reliability, and flexibility. ...
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MySQL is a simple, yet powerful Open Source Software relational database management system that uses SQL. For more details, see www.mysql.com.
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An open source relational database management system that uses Structured Query Language (SQL).
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An open-source database, typically run on Linux/UNIX platforms and used in conjunction with PHP.
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Most popular open-source relational database. Many Unix-based plans allow MySQL databases. Here is MySQL home page.
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MySQL is a relational database management system, which means it stores data in separate tables rather than putting all the data in one big area. This adds flexibility, as well as speed. The SQL part of MySQL stands for "Structured Query Language," which is the most common language used to access databases. The MySQL database server is the most popular open source database in the world. It is extremely fast and easy to customize, due to its architecture. ...
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is a popular open source SQL (Structured Query Language) database implementation, available for many platforms, including Windows, Unix/Linux and Mac OS X.
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MySQL relies on SQL for processing the data in a database. MySQL is commonly used for dynamic web applications and for embedded web applications, and has become a popular due to its speed and reliability.
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A Database Management System which is available for both Linux and Windows.
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A freely available database server capable of running on Unix and Windows servers. Information can be found at www.mysql.com.
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Open source database. Runs on most platforms, but particularly well suited to working with Linux, Apache, and PHP.
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A database server, normally used with PHP, which gives Internet users a way to access information stored in a database. ^top Name Server - A computer that maps domain names to IP addresses. ^top
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MySQL is a true multi-user, multithreaded SQL database server. MySQL is fast and flexible enough to allow you to store logs and pictures in it. Its main goals are speed, robustness, and ease of use. See Also: mSQL
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MySQL is a database program that stores and processes information.
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MySQL is a freely available third-party database engine designed to provide fast access to stored data. Data can be stored, updated and deleted using languages such as PHP. The data can be retrieved from the database to allow the generation of dynamic webpages.
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MySQL is the world's most popular database server technology. It is robust and flexible and owes it's popularity to the Open Source movement; developers who create base applications and make them, and the source code, available to all at no cost.
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(Pronounced "my-ess-cue-el") This is a database which is commonly used with web pages. It can allow viewers to look up specific information from a large quantity of data stored in the database. Example: A website has a "look up a member" text area. The viewer can search by last name, and find a single name or list of names out of all of the names stored in the database. The language that is used to perform this search is called Structured Query Language (SQL). See also: SQL
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MySQL is the most popular relational database. Server side programming languages such as PHP are typically used in conjunction with MySQL to deliver database information over the web.
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An open source database server that is popular with numerous web hosts.
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A Web version of SQL – structured query language – a powerful database query language used in numerous database applications.
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MySQL is an open source database it is extremely popular with people building database driven web sites and is normally supported on Linux based servers.
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MySQL is a free, open-source database that is used to store data. It is commonly used with ASP, ColdFusion, and PHP to create web pages by pulling together information from the MySQL database.
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The World's Most Popular Open Source Database
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MySQL is a multithreaded, multi-user, SQL (Structured Query Language) relational database server (RDBMS). MySQL is open source software available either under the GNU General Public License (GPL) or under other licenses when the GPL is inapplicable to the intended use.
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[Jennie@ifish]

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Why did I just spend 10 minutes doing this???

[Hooked on Fish]

Regarding the definition, What the ???

First time I've ever noticed MySQL is on ifish. I've pronouced it miss quail on some occassions and on others I've pronounced it @$#$! When it knocks me off. :grin:

[Thumper]

Yeah....I knew all that....Right.

[pnwcoast]

but what'z it all mean in inglish? Or ya, I probably don't even want to try to even pretend I want to know.
just keep up the good, good work here on ifish Jennie!

[skahorse]

Jennie I use SQL heavily in my work. A different version (Microsoft SQL) but still SQL none the less. We(my coworkers, and myself) almost always pronounce it Sequel. And i'm working with guys that have been doing it for 20 years. I've been in the business for 7....

pnw- In inglish, MySQL is the type of database that ifish uses to keeps track of all of the posts here on ifish. Something has to store everyone's comments, otherwise they'd just dissapear after you posted them. I'm sure it keeps track of many other things for Ifish, for instance, User Names and Passwords, How many posts you've made, when you signed up, sponsors ads, and so on. Just one big data store.

--Skahorse

[Queeg]

SQL is typically pronounced "sequel."

SELECT * from Pronunciation
WHERE Geek_Acronym = 'SQL'

I guess I say Es Cue Ell when referring to the language, but sequel when referring to products - SQL Server, etc.

Bottom_line = 'Whatever!'

[wannacatchem]

Ok..... Now I know everything! Oh...wait a minute. Can somebody tell me how to format my hard drive? . I'm currently looking for a sledge hammer

[N.U.Angler]

I learned something today that I have heard a lot about concerning the capabilities of my Mac. Did you know that every Mac OSX computer shipped out comes with the Apache web server?

Howard

[pnwcoast]

Thank you for the info. I thought it must be something like that.