MySQL is a widely used and fast SQL database
server. It is a client/server implementation that
consists of a server daemon (mysqld) and many
different client programs/libraries.
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InnoDB is now the default storage engine, rather than MyISAM in the regular versions of MySQL. This release also incorporates a variety of security fixes.