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A History of SQL and Relational Databases

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Computers began their life as advanced calculating machines in the late 1940s and 1950s. But soon, businesses realized their importance in automated processing and recordkeeping. By the 1960s, computers increasingly used file-oriented systems to store data.

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Batra, R. (2018). A History of SQL and Relational Databases. In: SQL Primer. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3576-8_19

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