DB2

database A relational database from IBM.

When running under IBM's MVS (Multiple Virtual Storage)

operating system, DB2 is implemented on top of VSAM and

uses its underlying data structures.

DB2, later called "DB2 Universal DataBase", also runs under

windows NT, AIX, Solaris and, most recently, Linux.

[Details? Was there a "DB1"?]

(1999-02-01)