Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

Microsoft SQL Server
     
         A {relational database management system} (RDBMS)
        which is part of {Microsoft}'s {BackOffice} family of
        {servers}.  SQL Server was designed for {client/server} use
        and is accessed by applications using {SQL}.  It runs on
        {Windows NT} version 3.5 or higher and is compliant with the
        {ANSI} {SQL-92} and {FIPS} 127-2 {SQL} {standards}.
     
        SQL Server supports {symmetric multiprocessing} hardware;
        {SNMP}, {ODBC}, and major {open standard} communications
        {protocols}.  It has {Internet} integration, data
        {replication}, and {data warehousing} features.
     
        Microsoft SQL Server was originally developed by {Sybase
        Corporation} but the cooperation was broken sometime [when?]
        before version 6.0.
     
        Latest version: 7.0.  [Or is it 2000?]
     
        {Home (http://www.microsoft.com/sql)}.
     
        {Usenet} newsgroup: {news:comp.databases.ms-sqlserver}.
     
        (2001-04-27)