SQL

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛs kjuː ɛl/

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• (Structured Query Language): IPA^(key): /ˈsiːkwəl/

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  • Homophone: sequel
  • Rhymes: -iːkwəl
  • The first form of SQL was called SEQUEL, pronounced like sequel. As a result, many speakers still pronounce SQL like sequel. (For these speakers, SQL is an acronym.)

Noun

SQL (uncountable)

1. (computer languages, databases) Initialism of Structured Query Language.
2. (physics) Initialism of standard quantum limit.

Hypernyms

• QL

Hyponyms

• eSQL
• NewSQL
• NoSQL
• PL/SQL
• Transact-SQL
• T-SQL

Derived terms

• HSQLDB

Translations

SQL (Structured Query Language)

Arabic: إِس كْيُو إِل m (ʔes kyū ʔel), إسْ كْيُو إلْ m (ʔis kyū ʔil) German: SQL (de) n Italian: SQL (it) m Japanese: SQL (ja) (esu-kyū-eru) Korean: SQL (eseukyuel) Norwegian: SQL n Persian: اس‌کیوال (es-kiyu-el) Russian: SQL (ru) m (pronounced эс-ку-э́ль (es-ku-élʹ) or эс-кью-э́л (es-kʹju-él)) Serbo-Croatian: SQL m Sicilian: SQL m Spanish: SQL (es) m Swedish: SQL n Turkish: SQL (tr)

References

• SQL on Wikipedia.Wikipedia