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 {Sybase
Corporation} but the cooperation was broken sometime [when?]
before version 6.0.
Latest version: 7.0. [Or is it 2000?]
(http://microsoft.com/sql).
Usenet newsgroup: news:comp.databases.ms-sqlserver.
(2001-04-27)