SQL vs MySQL — a practical guide to SQL vs MySQL with clear examples you can reuse in real projects.
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SQL is a language standard; MySQL/MariaDB/PostgreSQL/SQL Server are engines that implement SQL with dialect differences.
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SQL → language
MySQL → RDBMS product
Other engines: PostgreSQL, SQL Server, SQLite
Syntax mostly similar, details differ