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SQL

British  

abbreviation

  1. structured query language: a computer programming language used for database management

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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She has even used it to generate ideas for portfolio projects demonstrating her ability to use SQL, an important programming language in data analytics.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 16, 2023

“Basically it’s just a glorified SQL database,” he added, referring to a commonly used language for managing databases.

From Slate Jan. 14, 2022

But by this stage, thanks to Curry and Bjercke, she knew that a standard SQL server database was no basis for a genuine cryptocurrency.

From BBC Nov. 23, 2019

Over a period of at least five years, three US newswires were hacked using a variety of methods from SQL injections and phishing emails to data-stealing malware and illicitly acquired login credentials.

From The Verge Aug. 22, 2018

The computer offered the 'Stocks and Bonds Menu' and Scott set up a query in a modified SQL that was simple enough for reporters to use:

From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Schwartau, Winn

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