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title: "What is MySQL?"  
description: "What is MySQL?"  
author: "Sachin Singh"  
published: 2016-09-26  
updated: 2020-09-21  
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category: "php"  
tags: ["php", "mysql"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is MySQL?

MySQL stands for**Structured Query Language**. MySQL is used to access database. Structured Query Language is an open source programming language that means it is free to use, can be modify and use by anyone

## Answers

### Answer by KIRTI SHARMA

MySQL is a open-source Relational database Management System(RDBMS).SQL stands for **Structured Query Language**. SQL is used to access database.

### Answer by Sachin Singh

MySQL stands for**Structured Query Language**. MySQL is used to access database. Structured Query Language is an open source programming language that means it is free to use, can be modify and use by anyone


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