> Sorry to spoil it for you, but it actually stands for Structured Query
> Language (SQL), its predecessor was called Structured English Query Language
> (SEQUEL) which is how most people pronounce it..
>
> http://www.engin.umd.umich.edu/CIS/course.des/cis400/sql/sql.html

From IBM sources, SQL doesn't stand for *anything*. This makes sense
since SQL is generally divided into three sets of commands, *one* of
which is Structured Query Language.
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