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Databases collect information in a systematic way, and programs consult them to answer questions about the data, commonly through a language such as [[SQL]]. The software used to manage and query a database is known as a database management system ([[DBMS]]).

Common open source databases include:

# [[MySQL]] - most popular, includes a stripped down, simple and fast database engine MyISAM

# [[PostgreSQL]] - robust and feature solid

# [[SQLite]] - simple and embeddable database

# [[Firebird]]

# [[Virtuoso]] - Newly open sourced database engine that supports SQL, XML, and RDF Data Management. This is one of the first Open Source DBMS Engines with SQL-XML, SPARQL Query Language, GData Protocol, and Atom 1.0 publishing support amongst a vast pool of additional features.

Databases collect information in a systematic way, and programs consult them to answer questions about the data, commonly through a language such as [[SQL]]. The software used to manage and query a database is known as a database management system ([[DBMS]]).

Common open source databases include:

# [[MySQL]] - most popular, includes a stripped down, simple and fast database engine MyISAM

# [[PostgreSQL]] - robust and feature solid

# [[SQLite]] - simple and embeddable database

# [[Firebird]]

Following a mysterious absence of several years, the Man of Steel comes back to Earth in the epic action-adventure Superman Returns, a soaring new chapter in the saga of one of the world's most beloved superheroes. While an old enemy plots to render him powerless once and for all, Superman faces the heartbreaking realization that the woman he loves, Lois Lane, has moved on with her life. Or has she? Superman's bittersweet return challenges him to bridge the distance between them while finding a place in a society that has learned to survive without him. In an attempt to protect the world he loves from cataclysmic destruction, Superman embarks on an epic journey of redemption that takes him from the depths of the ocean to the far reaches of outer space.

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