"productname">PostgreSQL</span></a></span></dt></dl></div><a id="id-1.3.5.2" class="indexterm"></a><p>
  The object-relational database management system now known as
  <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> is derived from the
  <span class="productname">POSTGRES</span> package written at the
  University of California at Berkeley.  With decades of
  development behind it, <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> is now
  the most advanced open-source database available anywhere.
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