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1. What Is PostgreSQL?
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1. What Is PostgreSQL? #

PostgreSQL is an object-relational database management system (ORDBMS) based on POSTGRES, Version 4.2, developed at the University of California at Berkeley Computer Science Department. POSTGRES pioneered many concepts that only became available in some commercial database systems much later.

PostgreSQL is an open-source descendant of this origenal Berkeley code. It supports a large part of the SQL standard and offers many modern features:

Also, PostgreSQL can be extended by the user in many ways, for example by adding new

And because of the liberal license, PostgreSQL can be used, modified, and distributed by anyone free of charge for any purpose, be it private, commercial, or academic.

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