Home›Articles›How SEQUEL became SQL, and why the standard still has many dialectsArticleHow SEQUEL became SQL, and why the standard still has many dialectsArticlesConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)ConnectionsArticle OnSQL, Programming Languages Well-attested SourcesWikipedia: SQLtier 2WikipediaHistoryQuote, HistoryThe original name SEQUEL, which is widely regarded as a pun on QUEL, the query language of Ingres, was later changed to SQL (dropping the vowels) because "SEQUEL" was a trademark of the UK-based Hawker Siddeley Dynamics Engineering Limited company.View the SourceAtlas Article Vocabularytier 1AtlasComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.