Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  nose(Noun) The organ of the face used to breathe or smell. 2  nose(Noun) A snout, the nose of an animal. 3  nose(Noun) The tip of an object (e.g. the nose of a fighter plane).
SQL is a set-based, declarative query language, not an imperative language such as C or BASIC. However, there are extensions to Standard SQL which add procedural programming language functionality, such as control-of-flow constructs. Transact-SQL is one of those extensions.
Query Language. If SQL does stand for Sequential Query Language, then I would like to know what the language is and where it is used. SQL stands for Structured Query Language. It was originally developed by IBM in the 1970s. I've heard of people mistakenly calling SQL simple Query Language, and even stored Query Language, but using sequential is a new one on me. There is nothing sequential about SQL.