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The following [[outline (list)|outline]] is provided as an overview of and topical guide to MySQL:

'''[[MySQL]]''' ("My [[Structured Query Language]]") &ndash; world's second most{{Efn|Following [[SQLite]], which is deployed with every [[Android (operating system)|Android]] and [[iPhone]] device along with the [[Google Chrome|Chrome]] and [[Firefox]] browsers.<ref name="sqlite">{{cite web | url=https://www.sqlite.org/famous.html | title=Well-Known Users of SQLite | publisher=The SQLite Consortium | accessdate=8 October 2013 | quote=Apple uses SQLite for many functions within Mac OS X, including Apple Mail, Safari, and in Aperture. Apple uses SQLite in the iPhone and in the iPod touch and in iTunes software. .... SQLite is the primary meta-data storage format for the Firefox Web Browser and the Thunderbird Email Reader from Mozilla. .... It is known that Google uses SQLite in their Desktop for Mac, in Google Gears, in the Android cell-phone operating system, and in the [[Google Chrome]] Web Browser.}}</ref> In the second quarter of 2013 alone, 213 million smartphones shipped, of which 200 million were Android and iOS.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://venturebeat.com/2013/08/01/android-reaches-massive-80-market-share-windows-phone-hits-global-high-iphone-languishes/ | title=Android reaches massive 80% market share, Windows Phone hits global high, iPhone languishes | publisher=VentureBeat | work=MobileBeat | date=1 August 2013 | accessdate=8 October 2013 | author=Koetsier, John | quote=Global smartphone shipments grew 47 percent to hit 230 million devices in the second quarter of 2013, according to a new report from research firm Strategy Analytics. Android captured record market share of 80 percent, while iOS hit a new low of 14 percent.}}</ref>}} widely used [[relational database management system]] (RDBMS)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://db-engines.com/en/ranking/relational+dbms |title=DB-Engines Ranking |accessdate=12 Feb 2015}}</ref> and most widely used open-source RDBMS.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.oracle.com/us/products/mysql/overview/index.html|title = <nowiki>MySQL | The World's Most Popular Open-Source Database</nowiki>|date = |accessdate = |website = |publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref> It is named after co-founder [[Michael Widenius]]'s daughter, My.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/historyjmbhistory.html |title=History of MySQL |work=MySQL 10.0 Reference Manual |publisher=MySQL AB |accessdate=26 August 2011}}</ref>

== What type of thing is MySQL? ==