hsu912174 wrote:
SQL這個字我的室友是直接念成"sequel"
美國標準局 (ANSI) 公告的 SQL 文件 (就是現在的 ISO/IEC 9075) 有明確定義 SQL 的發音, 為 S-Q-L 三個字母分開發音.
另外, SQL 原名是 "SEQUEL", 但是不巧, 當年 "SEQUEL" 是一家公司的商標, 所以 IBM 被迫把它改名為 "SQL", 發音也避開, 以免被告.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL#History
SQL was developed at IBM by Donald D. Chamberlin and Raymond F. Boyce in the early 1970s. This version, initially called SEQUEL, was designed to manipulate and retrieve data stored in IBM's original relational database product, System R. IBM patented this version of SQL in 1985.[5]
During the 1970s, a group at IBM San Jose Research Laboratory developed the System R relational database management system. Donald D. Chamberlin and Raymond F. Boyce of IBM subsequently created the Structured English Query Language (SEQUEL or SEQL) to manage data stored in System R.[6] The acronym SEQUEL was later changed to SQL because "SEQUEL" was a trademark of the UK-based Hawker Siddeley aircraft company.[7]
