Structured Query Language (SQL) is a domain-specific language used to manage data, especially in a relational database management system (RDBMS). It is particularly useful in handling structured data, i.e., data incorporating relations among entities and variables. Wikipedia

Created Year: 1974
Designed by: International Organization for Standardization • Donald D. Chamberlin
Developed by: International Organization for Standardization • Raymond F. Boyce • Donald D. Chamberlin
Aliases: Structural Query Language, Structured Query Language, sql
File extensions: sql

Wikidata: Q47607

Influenced: Gremlin • PowerShell • SPARQL • SQLPL

Influenced by: Datalog

Programming paradigms: declarative programming

Language types: query language • domain-specific language • declarative programming language