Microsoft SQL Server

database A relational database management system (RDBMS)

which is part of Microsoft's BackOffice family of

servers. SQL Server was designed for client/server use

and is accessed by applications using SQL. It runs on

Windows NT version 3.5 or higher and is compliant with the

ANSI SQL-92 and FIPS 127-2 SQL standards.

SQL Server supports symmetric multiprocessing hardware;

SNMP, ODBC, and major open standard communications

protocols. It has Internet integration, data

replication, and data warehousing features.

Microsoft SQL Server was originally developed by SybaseCorporation but the cooperation was broken sometime [when?]

before version 6.0.

Latest version: 7.0. [Or is it 2000?]

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(2001-04-27)