What Does Db2 (DB/2) Mean?
Db2 is a line of data management products from IBM. It includes a well-known relational database management system (RDMS) that IBM introduced in 1983 to run on its MVS (Multiple Virtual Storage) mainframe platform. The name DB/2 originally referred to IBM’s shift from a hierarchical database model to the relational database model. IBM rebranded the line of database products Db2 in 2017.
Techopedia Explains Db2 (DB/2)
A relational database allows for a declarative model of the data and access to it via queries. For that purpose, IBM invented the now de-facto standard SQL (Structured Query Language). SQL is a very simple, English-like language which facilitates table creation, accessing and the manipulation of the data contained herein.
