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MySQL

Summary

MySQL is a relational database management system[1]. MySQL ranks in the top 8% of relational_database_management_system entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,079 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • MySQL's instance of is recorded as relational database management system[3].
  • MySQL's instance of is recorded as server software[4].
  • MySQL's instance of is recorded as free software[5].
  • MySQL's instance of is recorded as open-source software[6].
  • My Widenius is named after MySQL[7].
  • MySQL's developer is recorded as Oracle Corporation[8].
  • MySQL's copyright license is recorded as GNU General Public License, version 2.0[9].
  • MySQL's copyright license is recorded as proprietary license[10].
  • MySQL's programmed in is recorded as Q2407[11].
  • MySQL's programmed in is recorded as Q15777[12].
  • MySQL's operating system is recorded as Unix-like operating system[13].
  • MySQL's operating system is recorded as Microsoft Windows[14].
  • MySQL's operating system is recorded as FreeBSD[15].
  • MySQL's operating system is recorded as Solaris[16].
  • MySQL's operating system is recorded as Linux[17].
  • MySQL's operating system is recorded as macOS[18].
  • MySQL's software version identifier is recorded as 5.6.28[19].
  • MySQL's software version identifier is recorded as 5.7.15[20].
  • MySQL's software version identifier is recorded as 8.0 RC1[21].
  • MySQL's software version identifier is recorded as 5.7.16[22].
  • MySQL's software version identifier is recorded as 5.7.17[23].
  • MySQL's software version identifier is recorded as 5.7.18[24].
  • MySQL's software version identifier is recorded as 5.7.19[25].
  • MySQL's software version identifier is recorded as 5.7.20[26].
  • MySQL's software version identifier is recorded as 5.7.21[27].

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Cultural Impact

Things named for MySQL include phpMyAdmin[28], a web application[29], founded in 1998[30] and MyPCQQ[31], a software[32], in People's Republic of China[33], founded in 2015[34].

Why It Matters

MySQL ranks in the top 8% of relational_database_management_system entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,079 views/month).[2] MySQL has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] MySQL is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Entities named for MySQL include phpMyAdmin[28], a web application[29], founded in 1998[30] and MyPCQQ[31], a software[32], in People's Republic of China[33], founded in 2015[34].

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . notes.rolandcrosby.com. notes.rolandcrosby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . mysql.com. Retrieved . mysql.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Open Hub. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Open Hub. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . mysql.com. Retrieved . mysql.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . mysql.com. Retrieved . mysql.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . mysql.com. Retrieved . mysql.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . mysql.com. Retrieved . mysql.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . mysql.com. Retrieved . mysql.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . dev.mysql.com. dev.mysql.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . dev.mysql.com. dev.mysql.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . mysqlserverteam.com. mysqlserverteam.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . dev.mysql.com. dev.mysql.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . dev.mysql.com. dev.mysql.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . dev.mysql.com. dev.mysql.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . dev.mysql.com. dev.mysql.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . dev.mysql.com. dev.mysql.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . dev.mysql.com. dev.mysql.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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