MySQL
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MySQL is an open-source [[Relational Database Management System]] who’s name comes from a combination of “My” the name of co-founder Michael Widenius’s daughter, and “[[SQL]]”. When Oracle acquired the company that owned MySQL, Widenius created a copy of it and built on it to create [[MariaDB]]. MySQL is a very popular database which today is commonly used in web applications.