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IBM Db2

Database Management System

Db2 is a family of data management products, including database servers, developed by IBM. It initially supported the relational model but was later extended to support object-relational features and non-relational data structures such as JSON and XML. The brand's stylization changed from DB2 to Db2 in 2017.

Facts
Year
1983 1
Significance
One of the longest-running commercial relational database families, tracing to IBM's own foundational System R research. 1
Status
Status
Active / In Use 1
Classification
License
Proprietary (Closed Source) 2
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Databases, Fields
Source Wikipedia: IBM Db2

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Sources
1. Wikipedia: IBM Db2
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  • Lead section
    Db2 is a family of data management products, including database servers, developed by IBM.
  • Lead sentence
    Db2 is a family of data management products, including database servers, developed by IBM. It initially supported the relational model, but was extended to support object-relational features and non-relational structures like JSON and XML. The brand name was o
  • In Field: Databases, Lead paragraph
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2. Wikidata: IBM Db2
  • Wikidata Q431195, resolved via en.wikipedia pageprops (wave rule R-L)
  • Wikidata P275 license claim
  • In Group: Relational Database Management System, Wikidata item states instance of relational database management system (Q3932296), English description relational model database server
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