ALSO CALLED: DATABASE2 and IBM DB2 DEFINITION: DB2 is a family of relational database management system (RDBMS) products from IBM that serve a number of different operating system platforms. According to IBM, DB2 leads in terms of database market share and performance. Although DB2 products are offered for UNIX-based
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DB2 DEFINITION (continued): … systems and personal computer operating systems, DB2 trails Oracle's database products in UNIX-based systems and Microsoft's Access in Windows systems.
In addition to its offerings for the mainframeOS/390 and VM operating systems and its mid-range AS/400 systems, IBM offers DB2 products for a cross-platform spectrum that includes UNIX-based Linux, HP-UX, Sun Solaris, and SCO … DB2 definition sponsored by SearchDataCenter.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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