Dataspeak

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A common language for data definition and data manipulation. uncountable

    "1995, Jim Gray, 1995 Intergalactic dataspeak: SQL standard, Open SQL, ODBC, DRDA, Intergalactic dataspeak - Mcjones.org, pages www.mcjones.org/System_R/SQL_Reunion_95/sqlr95-Intergal.html So we said, "What we need is an intergalactic dataspeak." An Esperanto that would go on the wire, that would allow everybody to talk to everybody."

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"1995, Jim Gray, 1995 Intergalactic dataspeak: SQL standard, Open SQL, ODBC, DRDA, Intergalactic dataspeak - Mcjones.org, pages www.mcjones.org/System_R/SQL_Reunion_95/sqlr95-Intergal.html So we said, "What we need is an intergalactic dataspeak." An Esperanto that would go on the wire, that would allow everybody to talk to everybody."

Etymology

From data + -speak.

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