MySQL AB is now owned by Oracle Corporation. MySQL was created by MySQL AB, a Swedish business that Sun Microsystems acquired in 2008. The MySQL database is widely used for creating and managing relational database tables as well as for storing data, particularly in online applications. Despite being available under the provisions of the GNU Affero General Public License, it has been licensed under GPLv2 since 2004. It was created using the C and C++ programming languages, with some Java-based components. The term “MySQL” is a parody of the moniker of an earlier venture by co-founder Michael Widenius called Monty Python’s Flying Circus. Oracle Corporation is the creator of MySQL. It is a well-known SQL database server with multiple users and threads.

MySQL is a SQL-based relational database management system (RDBMS). In this article, I provide a guide to installing MySQL on macOS.

If you are unfamiliar with relational databases, check out our Difference between SQL and NoSQL databases? article. Millions of websites use it as their back end. MySQL is a powerful and popular open-source relational database.

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