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Firebird (database server)
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<p>Firebird is an <a href="/facts/Open-source_software/HzTaB8E9">open-source</a> <a href="/facts/SQL/UjQLJcYm">SQL</a> <a href="/facts/Relational_database_management_system/pEKGmJLy">relational database management system</a> that supports <a href="/facts/Linux/9FvCKSTq">Linux</a>, <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Microsoft Windows</a>, <a href="/facts/MacOS/Y93vVpTm">macOS</a> and other <a href="/facts/Unix/0pNL2seI">Unix</a> platforms. The database <a href="/facts/Fork_(software)/D6khxhpr">forked</a> from <a href="/facts/Borland/crI5pTzW">Borland</a>'s open source edition of <a href="/facts/InterBase/V7BHtV5N">InterBase</a> in 2000 but the code has been largely rewritten since Firebird 1.5. </p>