<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 Sybase
Corporation 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)
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