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"SQL Slammer" was a popular computer worm that hit about 10 years ago, effectively causing denial of service on numerous network hosts, and dramatically slowing internet traffic.
Guess I could have picked a more well known word.
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federicaSeeker of the clear blue sky...Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubtModerator
edited March 2015
(Obviously not as popular as you thought - I have never in my life, come across the term.. Trojan, yes. Virus, yes. Worm? Call me doofus! What does 'SQL' stand for...?) )
From Wikipedia: _is a special-purpose programming language designed for managing data held in a relational database management system (RDBMS), or for stream processing in a relational data stream management system (RDSMS).
Originally based upon relational algebra and tuple relational calculus, SQL consists of a data definition language and a data manipulation language. The scope of SQL includes data insert, query, update and delete, schema creation and modification, and data access control. Although SQL is often described as, and to a great extent is, a declarative language (4GL), it also includes procedural elements.
SQL was one of the first commercial languages for Edgar F. Codd's relational model, as described in his influential 1970 paper, "A Relational Model of Data for Large Shared Data Banks."[10] Despite not entirely adhering to the relational model as described by Codd, it became the most widely used database language.[11][12]
SQL became a standard of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) in 1986, and of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in 1987.[13] Since then, the standard has been revised to include a larger set of features. Despite the existence of such standards, though, most SQL code is not completely portable among different database systems without adjustments._
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federicaSeeker of the clear blue sky...Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubtModerator
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Worm (SQL Computer Worm)
Could you clarify the connection between 'slammer' and 'worm'....?
"SQL Slammer" was a popular computer worm that hit about 10 years ago, effectively causing denial of service on numerous network hosts, and dramatically slowing internet traffic.
Guess I could have picked a more well known word.
(Obviously not as popular as you thought - I have never in my life, come across the term.. Trojan, yes. Virus, yes. Worm? Call me doofus!
What does 'SQL' stand for...?) )
Worm - Nerd.
Structured Query Language
Because you asked:
From Wikipedia: _is a special-purpose programming language designed for managing data held in a relational database management system (RDBMS), or for stream processing in a relational data stream management system (RDSMS).
Originally based upon relational algebra and tuple relational calculus, SQL consists of a data definition language and a data manipulation language. The scope of SQL includes data insert, query, update and delete, schema creation and modification, and data access control. Although SQL is often described as, and to a great extent is, a declarative language (4GL), it also includes procedural elements.
SQL was one of the first commercial languages for Edgar F. Codd's relational model, as described in his influential 1970 paper, "A Relational Model of Data for Large Shared Data Banks."[10] Despite not entirely adhering to the relational model as described by Codd, it became the most widely used database language.[11][12]
SQL became a standard of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) in 1986, and of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in 1987.[13] Since then, the standard has been revised to include a larger set of features. Despite the existence of such standards, though, most SQL code is not completely portable among different database systems without adjustments._
(You lost me at 'From Wikipedia'......
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worm -> robin
Hole
orifice
Mouth
gullet
Appetite
gluttony
stammer
Defect
fault
Blame
Negative
charge
Brigade
Beige ( English Cricket fans "Beige Brigade" )
Colour
Purple
Oprah
Whoopi
"Yubba Dubba Doo"
Yogi
Flintstones! (Not Yogi!!
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Fred
Bowling
Kingpin
Strike!!
Miners
lamp
Post
letter
Box
Pandora's
Carton
Cardboard
Papier-mâché
pulp
spoon
croon
June
July
Julius Ceasar
Kaiser
Soze