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    DDL

    Last Updated May 24, 2021 1:40 pm
    Vangie Beal
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    Short for Data Definition Language, DDL is a computer language that is used to define data structures. In Database Management Systems (DBMS), it is used to specify a database scheme as a set of definitions (expressed in DDL). In SQL, the Data Definition Language (DDL) allows you to create, alter, and destroy database objects.

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    Vangie Beal is a freelance business and technology writer covering Internet technologies and online business since the late '90s.

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