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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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"I began to think 'what do I have to lose?' So decided to do a 14 week coding bootcamp which taught me the foundations of python and SQL."

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2023

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

Mr. Balwani’s legal team named experts on forensic accounting, intellectual property and SQL databases.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2022

Jake Braun, a co-organizer of the event, even told ProPublica that the replica websites were actually designed to be vulnerable to a common hack called an SQL injection attack.

From Slate • Aug. 24, 2018

The official name of the database language used by the old Pick Operating System, actually a sort of crufty, brain-damaged SQL with delusions of grandeur.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.

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