MySQL
Posted by Tydbyte on July 22, 2010
MySQL is a relational database management system – RDBMS – that runs as a server providing multi-user access to a number of databases. 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 is officially pronounced “My S-Q-L” but is often pronounced as “My Sequel”.
A MySQL database allows you to create a relational database structure on a web-server somewhere in order to store data or automate procedures.
If you think of it in comparison to Microsoft Access, MySQL is what holds all of your tables, PHP acts as your queries (among other things), and your forms are basically web pages with fields in them. With all of this combined, you can create truly spectacular projects on the web.
Origin of name
MySQL is named for original developer Michael Widenius’s daughter My.
Onwership of MySQL
MySQL is owned and sponsored by a single for-profit firm, the Swedish company MySQL AB, now owned by Sun Microsystems, a subsidiary of Oracle Corporation.