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Is SQL an open source software or open access software?

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SQL is not software in the sense that you can run it as a stand-alone program. SQL stands for Structured Query Language and is that a language for querying relational databases. It was originally developed at IBM and became the de facto standard relational database query language in the 1980s.

In order to execute (run) SQL queries against a database, you need an implementation that can interpret the SQL statement and return the data as specified from your data store.

Also, Open Access as a concept does not apply to software. See related links for details.

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