The history of SQL begins in an IBM laboratory in San Jose, California, where SQL was developed in the late 1970s. The initials stand for Structured Query Language, and the language itself is often referred to as “sequel.”
It was originally developed for IBM’s DB2 product (a relational database management system, or RDBMS, that can still be bought today for various platforms and environments).
In fact, SQL makes an RDBMS possible. SQL is a nonprocedural language, in contrast to the procedural or third-generation languages (3GLs) such as COBOL and C that had been created up to that time.
