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MySQL
MySQL
(officially pronounced as "My S-Q-L",) is an
open-source
relational database management system
(RDBMS); in July 2013, it was the world's second most widely used RDBMS, and the most widely used open-source
client–server model
RDBMS. It is named after co-founder
Michael Widenius
's daughter, My. The
SQL
acronym stands for
Structured Query Language
. The MySQL development project has made its
source code
available under the terms of the
GNU General Public License
, as well as under a variety of
proprietary
agreements. MySQL was owned and sponsored by a single
for-profit
firm, the
Swedish
company
MySQL AB
, now owned by
Oracle Corporation
. For proprietary use, several paid editions are available, and offer additional functionality.
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